ὀργάω

English (LSJ)

mostly in pres.: pf. part. ὀργηκότες (

   A v.l. ὡρμ-) occurs in J.AJ17.9.2 : plpf. Pass. ὤργητο in Hsch., v. 11 fin.    I to be getting ready to bear, growing ripe for something, of soil, Thphr.CP3.2.6 ; of trees, συμβαίνει . . τὰ . . δένδρα ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν ib.1.6.2 ; ὀργᾷ [ἡ σμῖλαξ] πρὸς τὴν ἄνθησιν Plu.2.647f; and of fruit, swell as it ripens, ὁ καρπὸς πεπαίνεται καὶ ὀργᾷ Hdt.4.199 : so c. inf., ὀργᾷ ἀμᾶσθαι grows ripe for cutting, ibid., cf. X.Oec.19.19 ; of a wound, ὀργᾶν φαίνεται appears turgid, Hp.Fract.28, cf. Aph.1.22.    II of men, like σφριγάω, swell with lust, wax wanton, be rampant, Ar.Lys.1113, Av. 462 (where the Sch. explains it ἐπιθυμητικῶς ἔχω) ; ὁ ἐπ' ἀφροδισίοις μαινόμενος . . ὀργῶν Poll.6.188 ; of human beings and animals, to be in heat, desire sexual intercourse, ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν ὁμιλίαν, ὀχείαν, Arist.HA542a32,560b13 ; ὀ. ὀχεύεσθαι ib.500b11 ; πρὸς τὸ γεννᾶν Plu. 2.651c.    2 generally, to be eager or ready, to be excited, Λακεδαιμονίων ὀργώντων ἔμελλον πειράσεσθαι Th.4.108 ; ὀργῶντες κρίνειν judge under the influence of passion, Id.8.2 : c. inf., ὄργα μαθεῖν A. Ch.454 (lyr.); ὀργᾶν τεκεῖν Arist.HA613b28 ; ἀκοῦσαι ὀργῶ Cratin. 21 D.; of a thing, to be urgent, ὤργα τὸ πρᾶγμα A.Fr.54A; ὀ. πρός τι Plu.Alex.6, D.Chr.36.26, Marcellin.Vit. Thuc.54 ; ἐπὶ ἐκφύλους συνόδους Ph.2.21 ; ὀργᾷς ὃς ἱππίαν ἐς ὁδόν dub. cj. in Pi.P.6.50 : plpf. Pass. in act. sense, ὧν ἀκροᾶσθαι . . ὤργητο (restd. from Hsch. and some Mss. for ὥρμητο) Th.2.21.    III ὀργήσας is f.l. for ὀργάσας in Hdt.4.64.