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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to dance</b>, Akt. <b class="b3">ὀρχέω</b> <b class="b2">to make dance</b> (Il., Ion., trag.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ὀρχήσασθαι</b> (Od.).<br />Compounds: Also w. prefix as <b class="b3">ὑπ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>.<br />Derivatives: 1. the nom. actionis <b class="b3">ὀρχ-ηθμός</b> m. [[dance]] (Hom., h. Ap.), <b class="b3">-ησμός</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (A.), <b class="b3">-ηστύς</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hom., E. Kyk. 171; as <b class="b3">κιθαριστύς</b>); younger <b class="b3">-ησις</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (posthom.; Holt Les noms d'action en <b class="b3">-σις</b> 127; semantic. in spite of Benveniste Noms d'ag. 86 not to be separated from <b class="b3">-ηστύς</b>), <b class="b3">-ημα</b> (<b class="b3">ὑπ-</b> ὀρχέομαι ) n. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Simon., S., Pl.); 2. the nom. agentis <b class="b3">-ηστήρ</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">-ηστής</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">-ηστάς</b> (Il., Thera, OldAtt.) m.'dancer' with f. <b class="b3">-ηστρίς</b> (com., Pl.), <b class="b3">-ήστρια</b>(Moer.); 3. the nom. loci <b class="b3">-ήστρα</b> f. <b class="b2">dancing-room, orchestra</b> (Pl., Arist.); 4. the adj. <b class="b3">-ηστικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to dance(r)s, fit for dancing</b> (Pl., Arist.). Deatils in Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 28f. (a.o. on the analog. <b class="b3">-σ-</b>), Benveniste Origines 201, Noms d'ag. 65 f. a. 86, Porzig Satzinhalte 183 a. 236.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Iterative-intensive formation, formally from primary [[ἔρχομαι]]; s.v. and Schwyzer 719 a. 702 (which DELG finds neither formally nor semantically convincing). Skt. <b class="b2">r̥ghāyáti</b> [[tremble]], [[scream]], [[rage]], of old compared (Bq s.v. w. lit., WP. 1, 147, Pok. 339, Mayrhofer s.v.) can at most be indirectly connected.

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