Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ὄρνυμι

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1.of bodily movement, to set on, urge on, incite, Il., Hes.: —c. inf., Ζεὺς ὦρσε μάχεσθαι urged him on to fight, Il.:—Mid., with perf. ὄρωρα, to move, stir oneself, εἰσόκε μοι φίλα γούνατ᾽ ὀρώρηι while my limbs have power to move, Hom.; aor1 imperat. ὄρσεο, ὄρσευ, ὄρσο rouse thee! up! arise! id=Hom.:—in hostile sense, to rush on, rush furiously, Il., Aesch., etc.

2.to make to arise, to awaken, call forth, Il.; of animals, to rouse, start, chase, Hom.:—Mid. to arise, start up, esp. from bed, id=Il.; in perf. mid., ὤρορε θεῖος ἀοιδός Od.:—c. inf. to rise to do a thing, set about it, ὦρτο ἴμεν id=Il.; ὦρτο Ζεὺς νιφέμεν started or began to snow, Il.

3.to call forth, excite, Lat. ciere, of storms and the like, which the gods call forth, Hom., Aesch.; so ὄρσαι ἵμερον, φόβον, μένος, πόλεμον, etc., Hom.:—Mid. to break forth, arise, Lat. orior, Il.; ὄρνυται πένθος, στόνος, etc., id=Il.; δοῦρα ὄρμενα πρόσσω the darts flying onwards, id=Il.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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