ὄρχησις

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, dancing, the dance, Epich. 171; ἐς ὄρχησιν ἀνίστασθαι Hdt.1.202; esp. pantomimic dancing, Id.6.129; δεινὰ ἐποιοῦντο πάσας τὰς ὀ. ἐν ὅπλοις εἶναι X.An.6.1.11; ἐκπονεῖν Plb.4.20.12: a part of ἡ γυμναστική, acc. to Pl.Lg.795e; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ὄρχησις Id.Cra.406d; ὄρχησις ἐνόπλιος, ἐναγώνιος ὄρχησις, Luc.Salt.8,32, POxy. 1241 v 27 (ii A. D.), etc.; Περὶ ὀρχήσεως = On Dance, title of work by Lucian; cf. Ath.1.14dsq., 14.630bsqq., Poll.4.95 sq.

German (Pape)

[Seite 389] ἡ, das Tanzen, nach Plat. Legg. VII, 795 d ein Theil der Gymnastik, u. nach II, 654 b mit der ᾠδή die χορεία ausmachend; ἡ ἐν ὅπλοις ὄρχησις, Waffentanz, Crat. 406 d, wie ἐνόπλιος u. ἐναγώνιος, Luc. de salt. 32 u. Plut. Num. 32; bes. die Kunst des pantomimischen Tänzers, ὀρχήσεις ἐκπονεῖν, Pol. 4, 20, 12; vgl. bes. Luc. de salt.; τραγική, Ath. I c. 37.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
1 danse;
2 pantomime.
Étymologie: ὀρχέω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὄρχησις: εως ἡ Plat., Luc., Plut. = ὄρχημα.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὄρχησις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ὀρχεῖσθαι, χορός, Ἐπίχ. 95 Ahr., Ἡρόδ., Ἀττ. (ὁ Ὁμηρ. τύπος εἶναι ὀρχηθμὸς καὶ ὀρχηστός)· ἐς ὄρχησιν ἀνίστασθαι Ἡρόδ. 1. 202· κυρίως χορὸς παντομιμικός, ὁ αὐτ. 6. 129· ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ὀρχ. ἐν ὅπλοις Ξεν. Ἀν. 6. 1, 11· ἐκπονεῖν Πολύβ. 4. 20, 12· ― μέρος τῆς γυμναστικῆς κατὰ Πλάτ. ἐν Νόμ. 795D· ἡ ἐν ὅπλοις ὄρχ. ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Κρατ. 406D ὀρχήσεις ἐνόπλιοι, ἐναγώνιοι ὀρχ. Λουκ., Πλούτ., κτλ.· περὶ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ἴδε Λουκ. περὶ Ὀρχήσεως, Ἀθήν. 14D κἑξ., 630F· Πολυδ. Δ΄, 95 κἑξ.

Greek Monotonic

ὄρχησις: -εως, ἡ, η πράξη του χορού, ο χορός καθ' αυτός, σε Ηρόδ., Αττ.· ιδίως, χορός παντομίμας, σε Ηρόδ., Αττ.

Middle Liddell

ὄρχησις, εως,
dancing, the dance, Hdt., attic:esp. pantomimic dancing, Hdt., attic

Translations

Afrikaans: dans; Albanian: vallëzim; Amharic: ጭፈራ; Arabic: رَقْص‎; Egyptian Arabic: رقص‎; Hijazi Arabic: رقص‎; Moroccan Arabic: شطيح‎; Armenian: պար; Assamese: নাচ, নাচোন, নৃত্য; Asturian: baille; Atayal: myugi, mzyugi; Azerbaijani: rəqs, oyun; Baluchi: ناچ‎, چاپ‎; Bashkir: бейеү; Basque: dantza; Belarusian: танец; Bengali: নৃত্য; Bulgarian: танц; Burmese: အက; Catalan: ball, dansa; Chechen: хелхар; Chickasaw: hilha'; Chinese Cantonese: 舞蹈, 跳舞; Dungan: тёву; Mandarin: 舞蹈, 跳舞; Min Nan: 舞蹈, 跳舞; Wu: 舞蹈, 跳舞; Crimean Tatar: oyun; Czech: tanec; Danish: dans; Dutch: dans; Esperanto: danco; Estonian: tants; Ewe: ɣeɖuɖu; Faroese: dansur; Finnish: tanssi; French: danse; Galician: danza, baile; Georgian: ცეკვა; German: Tanz; Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃; Greek: χορός; Ancient Greek: χορός, ὄρχησις, βαλλισμός; Haitian Creole: dans, bal; Hebrew: רִקּוּד‎, מָחוֹל‎; Hindi: नाच, नृत्य; Hungarian: tánc; Icelandic: dans; Ido: danso; Indonesian: tari; Interlingua: dansa; Irish: damhsa, rince; Italian: ballo, danza; Japanese: ダンス, 踊り, 舞踊; Javanese: joget; Kabuverdianu: badju, bóie; Kalmyk: би; Kannada: ನೃತ್ಯ; Kapampangan: terak; Kashmiri: ناچ‎; Kazakh: би; Khmer: របាំ, នាដ; Korean: 춤, 댄스; Kurdish Central Kurdish: لەنجە‎, سەما‎; Northern Kurdish: dans, sema, reqis, dîlan, govend, dawet; Kyrgyz: бий, танец; Lao: ນັດຈະ; Ladin: bal; Latin: saltatio, tripudium, saltatus; Latvian: deja, dancis; Lithuanian: šokis; Luxembourgish: Danz; Macedonian: танц; Malay: tari; Malayalam: ആട്ടം, നാട്യം, നൃത്തം; Maltese: żfin; Manchu: ᠮᠠᡴᠰᡳᠨ; Maori: kanikani; Marathi: नाच, नृत्य; Mongolian: бүжиг, танц; Navajo: azhish; Neapolitan: ballà; Norman: dànserie, dans'sie, daunche; Northern Ohlone: irshah, hánaikis, ló̄le; Northern Sami: dánsa, dánsu; Norwegian Bokmål: dans; Nynorsk: dans; Ossetian: кафт; Old English: frīcian; Pashto: رقص‎, ډانس‎, ناچ‎, رخس‎; Persian: رقص‎, دانس‎, پایکوبی‎; Middle Persian: nart; Plautdietsch: Dauns; Polish: taniec, pląs; Portuguese: dança, baile; Punjabi: ਡਾਂਸ; Quechua: tusuy; Romagnol: bal; Romanian: dans; Romansch: saut, sault, sòlt, solt, sot; Russian: танец, пляс, пля́ска; Rusyn: танець; Sanskrit: नटनम्, नाट्यम्, नृत्तम्, नट; Scottish Gaelic: dannsa; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: плес, игранка, танац; Roman: ples, igranka, tanac; Slovak: tanec; Slovene: ples; Southern Altai: бийе, бије; Southern Ohlone: ruune, mooloy; Spanish: baile, danza; Swahili: ngoma, dansi, densi; Swedish: dans; Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠌ; Tagalog: sayaw, indak; Tajik: рақс; Tamil: ஆடல், கூத்து, நடனம்; Taos: tò’óne; Telugu: నృత్యం; Thai: เต้นรำ; Tibetan: ཞབས་བྲོ; Turkish: dans, raks, bar; Turkmen: tans; Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎖𐎄; Ukrainian: танець, танок; Urdu: رقص‎, ناچ‎, نرتیہ‎; Uyghur: تانسا‎, رەقس‎; Uzbek: raqs, tansa; Vietnamese: điệu múa, điệu nhảy; Volapük: danüd, glävadanüd; Walloon: danse; Welsh: dawns; Yakut: үҥкүү; Yiddish: טאַנץ‎; Yucatec Maya: óok'ot