ὀτρύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], Ep. inf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὀτρυνέμεν Il.4.286: impf. ὤτρυνον Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; Iterat. ὀτρύνεσκον Il.24.24: fut. ὀτρῠνέω Hom. (v. infr.): Ep. aor. ὄτρῡνα Od.17.430:—Med. or Pass., only in pres. and impf. (v. infr.): poet. Verb, the compd. [[ἐποτρύνω]] being used in Prose: (v. sub fin.):—[[stir up]], [[egg on]], [[encourage]], esp. to [[battle]], to any [[sudden]] or [[violent]] [[exertion]], τινα Il.5.482, 10.158, etc.; τί με σπεύδοντα καὶ αὐτὸν ὀτρύνεις; 8.294; ὄτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸν ἑκάστου 5.470: freq. c. inf., ὀπτῆρας . . ὄτρυνα νέεσθαι Od.17.430; ὀ. τινὰ μάχεσθαι Il.4.294,414, etc.; γήμασθαι Od. 19.158, etc.; ἡμέας ὀτρύνων καταπαυέμεν 2.244: without inf., ἦ τιν' ἑταίρων ὀτρυνέεις Τρώεσσιν ἐπίσκοπον (sc. [[ἰέναι]]); Il.10.38; ὃν ναῶν Ἕκτωρ ὤτρυνε κατόπταν E.Rh.558(lyr.): with Preps., Ἑρμείαν . . νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην ὀτρύνομεν (sc. [[ἰέναι]]) Od.1.85, cf. Il.15.59; σέ γε θυμὸς ὀ. ἐπὶ νῆας 24.289; τὸν δ' ὀ. πόλιν εἴσω Od. 15.40; ποτὶ δῶμα 17.75; προτὶ Ἴλιον Il.19.156; πόλινδε Od.15.306; πόλεμόνδε Il.2.589; ποτὶ βουθυσίαν Ἥρας Pi.N.10.23: rarely followed by ὡς, Ὀδυσῆα ὄτρυν', ὡς ἂν πύρνα . . ἀγείροι Od. 17.362: rarely also c. dat. pers. et inf., ὤτρυνον . . θεραπόντεσσιν φυλάξαι Pi.P.4.41:—Med. or Pass., [[rouse oneself]], [[bestir oneself]], [[hasten]], c. inf., ἕπεσθαι Od.10.425; ὀτρυνώμεθ' ἀμυνέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν Il.14.369, cf. Od.17.183; ὑμεῖς δ' ὀτρύνεσθαι... ὥς κ' ἐμὲ . . ἐπιβήσετε πάτρης 7.222:—the Act. in this intr. sense is only [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Il. 7.420.<br><span class="bld">2</span> less freq. of animals, [[urge on]], [[cheer on]], οὐρῆας 23.111; ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας 16.167, etc.; κύνας 18.584.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[urge forward]], [[quicken]], [[speed]], πομπὴν ὀτρύνετε Od.7.151, cf. 8.30; τούτῳ δ' ὀτρυνέει Μέντωρ ὁδόν 2.253; ἀγγελίην ὀτρύνομεν 16.355; μάχην ὤτρυνον Ἀχαιῶν Il.12.277; βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν = [[rouse]]d the [[shout]]s of the [[people]], B.8.35 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).—Ep. Verb, used now and then by Trag., in lyr., A. Th.726, E.Rh.25,558: in trim., S.Aj.60,771, El.28, E.Alc. 755: rare even in later Prose, Arist.Mu.399b11. (Prob. ὀ-τρῠ-ν-yω, with ὀ- prefix (as in ὀ-κέλλω); -τρῠ- perhaps cogn. with Skt. [[tvárate]] 'hasten'.)

|mdlsjtxt=ὀτρύ¯νω,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[stir]] up, [[rouse]], egg on, [[spur]] on, [[encourage]], Il.; c. inf., ὀτρ. τινὰ πολεμίζειν Il.; [[γήμασθαι]] Od., etc.; inf. omitted, ἦ τινα ὀτρυνέεις ἐπίσκοπον (sc. ἰέναἰ; wilt thou [[urge]] one (to go) as a spy? Il.:—Mid. or Pass. to bestir [[oneself]], [[hasten]], Od., etc.; c. inf., ὀτρυνώμεθ' [[ἀμυνέμεν]] ἀλλήλοισιν Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[thing]], to [[urge]] [[forward]], [[quicken]], [[speed]], Hom., etc.