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ὀργή 1

I.natural impulse or propension: one's temper, temperament, disposition, nature, Hes., Theogn., etc.; ἀλωπέκων ὀργαῖς ἴκελοι Pind.; ὀργαὶ ἀστυνόμοι social dispositions, Soph.; πρὸς τὰ παρόντα τὰς ὀργὰς ὁμοιοῦν Thuc., etc.
2.Adverbial usages, ὀργῇ, in anger, Hdt., etc.; so, δι᾽ ὀργῆς, ἐξ ὀργῆς, κατ᾽ ὀργήν Soph.; μετ᾽ ὀργῆς Plat.
3.Πανὸς ὀργαί panic fears (i. e. terrors sent by Pan), Eur.:—but, ὀργή τινος anger against a person or at a thing, Soph.; ἱερῶν ὀργάς wrath at or because of the rites, Aesch.

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