A.“ὀτρυνέμεν” Il.4.286: impf. “ὤτρυνον” Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; Iterat. “ὀτρύνεσκον” Il.24.24: fut. “ὀτρυ^νέω” Hom. (v. infr.): Ep. aor. “ὄτρυ_να” Od.17.430:—Med. or Pass., only in pres. and impf. (v. infr.): poet. Verb, the compd. ἐπ-οτρύνω being used in Prose: (v. sub fin.):—stir up, egg on, encourage, esp. to battle, to any sudden or violent exertion, τινα Il.5.482, 10.158, etc.; “τί με σπεύδοντα καὶ αὐτὸν ὀτρύνεις” ; 8.294; “ὄτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸν ἑκάστου” 5.470: freq. c. inf., “ὀπτῆρας . . ὄτρυνα νέεσθαι” Od.17.430; “ὀ. τινὰ μάχεσθαι” Il.4.294,414, etc.; “γήμασθαι” Od. 19.158, etc.; “ἡμέας ὀτρύνων καταπαυέμεν” 2.244: without inf., ἦ τιν᾽ ἑταίρων ὀτρυνέεις Τρώεσσιν ἐπίσκοπον (sc. ἰέναι）; Il.10.38; “ὃν ναῶν Ἕκτωρ ὤτρυνε κατόπταν” E.Rh.558(lyr.): with Preps., Ἑρμείαν . . νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην ὀτρύνομεν (sc. ἰέναι) Od.1.85, cf. Il.15.59; “σέ γε θυμὸς ὀ. ἐπὶ νῆας” 24.289; “τὸν δ᾽ ὀ. πόλιν εἴσω” Od. 15.40; “ποτὶ δῶμα” 17.75; “προτὶ Ἴλιον” Il.19.156; “πόλινδε” Od.15.306; “πόλεμόνδε” Il.2.589; “ποτὶ βουθυσίαν Ἥρας” Pi.N.10.23: rarely folld. by “ὡς, Ὀδυσῆα ὄτρυν᾽, ὡς ἂν πύρνα . . ἀγείροι” Od. 17.362: rarely also c. dat. pers. et inf., “ὤτρυνον . . θεραπόντεσσιν φυλάξαι” Pi.P.4.41:—Med. or Pass., rouse oneself, bestir oneself, hasten, c. inf., “ἕπεσθαι” Od.10.425; “ὀτρυνώμεθ᾽ ἀμυνέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν” Il.14.369, cf. Od.17.183; “ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ὀτρύνεσθαι . . , ὥς κ᾽ ἐμὲ . . ἐπιβήσετε πάτρης” 7.222:—the Act. in this intr. sense is only f.l. in Il. 7.420.
2. less freq. of animals, urge on, cheer on, “οὐρῆας” 23.111; “ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας” 16.167, etc.; “κύνας” 18.584.
3. of things, urge forward, quicken, speed, “πομπὴν ὀτρύνετε” Od.7.151, cf. 8.30; “τούτῳ δ᾽ ὀτρυνέει Μέντωρ ὁδόν” 2.253; “ἀγγελίην ὀτρύνομεν” 16.355; “μάχην ὤτρυνον Ἀχαιῶν” Il.12.277; βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν roused the shouts of the people, B.8.35 (s. v.l.).—Ep. Verb, used now and then by Trag., in lyr., A. Th.726, E.Rh.25,558: in trim., S.Aj.60,771, El.28, E.Alc. 755: rare even in later Prose, Arist.Mu.399b11. (Prob. ὀ-τρυ^-ν-yω, with ὀ- prefix (as in ὀ-κέλλω）; -τρυ^- perh. cogn. with Skt. tvárate 'hasten'.)
