A.“ὀρνύμεναι” Il.17.546, “ὀρνύμεν” 9.353, al.; and from the latter, pres. “ὀρνύει” Pi.O.13.12, cf. Orph.L.222 : 3sg. and pl. impf. ὤρνυε, -υον, Od.21.100, Il.12.142 : fut. “ὄρσω” 21.335, Pi.N.9.8, S.Ant.1060 : aor. “ὦρσα” Il.5.629, al., Hes.Th.523, A. Pers.496; Ion. 3sg. “ὄρσασκε” Il.17.423: redupl. aor. 2 “ὤρορε” 2.146, Od.4.712, etc. (but ὤρορε stands for ὄρωρε, Il.13.78, Od.8.539):— Med. ὄρνυ^μαι, used by Hom. in 3sg. “ὄρνυται” Il.5.532, al., imper. ὄρνυσθε ib.102, al., part. “ὀρνύμενος” 20.158, al.: impf. ὠρνύμην, used by Hom. in 3sg. and pl., “ὤρνυ^το” Il.3.267, al., “ὤρνυντο” Od.2.397, al.: fut. 3sg. “ὀρεῖται” Il.20.140 : aor. 2 ὠρόμην, 3sg. “ὤρετο” 12.279,14.397, also very freq. ὦρτο, 5.590, al.; 3pl. without augm. “ὄροντο” Od.3.471 (but v. ὄρομαι), “ὀρέοντο” Il.2.398,23.212 (unless this is impf.); imper. ὄρσο or ὄρσεο, 5.109, al., 3.250, al.; Ion. contr. “ὄρσευ” 4.264, 19. 139; subj. “ὄρηται” Od.16.98,al. ; inf. “ὄρθαι” Il.8.474; part. “ὀρόμενος” A. Th.87, 115 (both lyr.), “ὄρμενος” Il.11.326, al., and in lyr. passages of Trag., A.Ag.1408 (cf. 429), Supp.422, S.OT177: to the Med. also belongs the pf. ὄρωρα, used by Hom. only in 3sg. ὄρωρε (v. supr.), subj. “ὀρώρῃ” Il.9.610, al.; and plpf. “ὀρώρει” 2.810, al. (cf. ὄρομαι), also “ὠρώρει” 18.498, A.Ag.653, S.OC1622:—Pass., perf. ὀρώρεται, = ὄρωρε, Od. 19.377 ; subj. “ὀρώρηται” Il.13.271: 3pl. aor. “ὦρθεν” Corinn.Supp.1.21. (Cf. Skt. ṛṇóti 'rush', aor. 3sg. ārta = ὦρτο, Lat.orior; cf. also ἔρσεο, ἔρσῃ, and ἔρετο in Hsch.) :—stir, stir up; esp.
1. of bodily movement, urge on, incite, “τινὰ ἐπί τινι” Il.5.629, 12.293; οἱ ἐπ᾽ αἰετὸν ὦρσε let loose his eagle upon him, Hes.Th.523; “τινὰ ἀντία τινός” Il.20.79; rarely, “τινὰ εἰς ἀυάταν” Pi.P.2.29: c. inf., Ζεὺς ὦρσε μάχεσθαι urged them on to fight, Il.13.794, cf. 17.273; “τὴν . . ῥέξαι θεὸς ὤρορεν ἔργον” Od.23.222 ; “τόλμα μοι γλῶσσαν ὀρνύει λέγειν” Pi.O.13.12, cf. P.4.170, S.Ant. 1060:—Med., with pf. ὄρωρα, move, stir oneself, εἰς ὅ κε . . μοι φίλα γούνατ᾽ ὀρώρῃ while my limbs have power to move, Il.9.610, cf. Od.18.133, etc.: used by Hom. in imper. ὄρσεο, up! arise! (like ἄγε and ἴθι) in exhorting, Il.3.250, al.; “ὄρσο” 5.109,24.88; “ἀλλ᾽ ὄρσευ πόλεμόνδε” 4.264, 19.139: in hostile sense, rush on, rush furiously, “ὦρτο δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς [Ἕκτωρ]” 5.590, 11.343; “ὦρτο δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ” 21.248; “ὤρνυτο χαλκῷ Τυδεΐδης” 5.17, etc.; “ὄρνυται λαός” A.Th.89(lyr.), cf. 419(lyr.), S.OC 1320.
2. make to arise, call forth, “ἀπ᾽ Ὠκεανοῦ . . Ἠριγένειαν ὦρσεν” Od.23.348, cf. 7.169; awaken, arouse from sleep, “ὦρσεν . . Ἱπποκόωντα” Il.10.518 ; of animals, start, chase, “ὦρσαν δὲ Νύμφαι . . αἶγας ὀρεσκῴους” Od.9.154 ; “ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε νεβρὸν ὄρεσφι κύων . . ὄρσας ἐξ εὐνῆς” Il.22.190 :— Med., arise, start up, esp. from bed, “Ἠὼς ἐκ λεχέων . . ὤρνυθ᾽” 11.2 ; “ὤρνυτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐξ εὐνῆφιν” Od.2.2, etc.; “ἀπὸ θρόνου ὦρτο φαεινοῦ” Il.11.645; ἀπὸ χθονὸς ὤρνυτο attacked from . . , 5.13 : abs., “ὀρνυμένοιο ἄνακτος” Hes.Th.843: c. inf., rise to do a thing, set about it, “οἱ δ᾽ εὕδειν ὤρνυντο” Od.2.397 (so c. part., ὄρσο κέων get thee to bed, 7.342); “ὦρτο . . ἴμεν” 7.14, cf. Hes.Sc. 40; “ὦρτο πέτεσθαι” Il.13.62, etc.; ὤρετο . . Ζεὺς νειφέμεν started or began to . . , 12.279 ; without inf., “ὤρορε θεῖος ἀοιδός” Od.8.539.
3. freq. used of things as well as persons, call forth, excite, of storms and the like , which the gods call forth, “ὄρσας . . ἀνέμων . . ἀϋτμήν” 11.407, cf. Il.14.254, 21.335 ; “νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὦρσε” 1.10, etc.; “θεὸς χειμῶν᾽ ἄωρον ὦρσε” A.Pers.496 :—and in Med., arise, “ὀρώρει δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν νύξ” Od.5.294, al. ; “φλὸξ ὦρτο” Il.8.135 ; “ὅτε τις χειμὼν . . ὄροιτο” Od.14.522 ; “ὦρτο δὲ κῦμα πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ” Il.23.214 ; “πῦρ ὄρμενον ἐξαίφνης” 17.738, cf. S.OT177 (lyr.).
b. of human actions, passions, and the like , “ὄρσαι πόλεμον” Il.4.16 ; “ἔριν” Od.3.161 ; “ἐν δὲ κυδοιμὸν ὦρσε κακόν” Il.11.53 ; “ὑφ᾽ ἵμερον ὦρσε γόοιο” 23.108, al. ; “μή μοι γόον ὄρνυθι” Od.17.46, cf. 10.457 ; “ἐν φόβον ὦρσε” Il.13.362 ; “ἐν μένος ὦρσεν” 8.335 :—and in Med., “φευγόντων δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή” 5.532 ; “καί μοι μένος ὤρορε” 13.78 ; “ὅππῃ οἱ νόος ὄρνυται” Od.1.347 ; “ἔριδος μέγα νεῖκος ὀρώρει” Il.17.384 ; “τῶν δὲ στόνος ὤρνυτ᾽ ἀεικής” 10.483, al.; δοῦρα ὄρμενα πρόσσω the darts flying on wards, 11.572 ; “ὀρνυμένων πολέμων” Pi.O.8.34 ; ἀφρὸς ἀπὸ χροὸς ὤρνυτο started from the skin, Hes.Th.191 ; “ὠς λόγος ἐκ πατέρων ὄρωρεν” Alc.71.
4. A.R. uses ὄρωρε nearly as = ἐστί, 1.713, al. ; ὀρώρει = ἦν, 2.473, 3.457.—The Verb is mainly used in Ep. and Lyr. poetry; seldom found in Trag. trim., “ὄρσω” S.Ant.1060; “ὦρσα” A.Pers.496 ; “ὄρνυμαι” S.OC1320 ; ὠρώρει ib.1622, A.Ag.653 ; prob. never in Com. (Ar.Ra.1529 is mock-Epic) or correct Prose.