ὀροθύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used by Hom. once in pres., <span class="bibl">Od.18.407</span>, but chiefly in Ep. impf. 3sg. <b class="b3">ὀρόθῡνε (ν)</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.351</span>, al.: aor. 1 <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὠρόθυνα Lyc.693 ; imper. ὀρόθυνον <span class="bibl">Il.21.312</span> :—[[stir up]], [[rouse]], [[urge on]], mostly of persons, <span class="bibl">Il.13.351</span>, etc.; also of things, πάντας δ' ὀρόθυνον ἐναύλους <span class="bibl">21.312</span> ; πάσας δ' ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας <span class="bibl">Od.5.292</span> : c. inf., [[urge]] one to do, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.522</span>, <span class="bibl">1275</span>.— Ep. word, used in Pass. by A., στάσις τ' ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span> 202</span> ; and Herm. restores [[ὀροθύνεις]] (for [[ὀρθεῖς]] or [[ὀρθοῖς]]) in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 1168</span> (lyr.).</span>