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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ήσομαι <span class="bibl">D.C.41.53</span> : aor. ὠριγνήθην <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph. 21</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>6.9</span> :—[[stretch oneself]], like [[ὀρέγομαι]], ἔγχεσιν ἠδ' ἐλάτῃς αὐτοσχεδὸν ὠριγνῶντο [[they fought with outstretched]] spears, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>190</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[stretch oneself after]] a thing, [[aim at]], [[grasp at]], ὅτε . . θηρῶν ὀριγνῷτο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1255</span>; ποίας δόξης Isoc. l. c.; τελαμῶνος <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.44</span>; κερδέων <span class="bibl">Herod.7.37</span>; χορείας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>366a</span>; τοῦ πλείονος <span class="bibl">Socr.<span class="title">Ep.</span>29</span>, D.C.l.c.; [[aim at]], [[strive]], c. inf., κενῶσαι τελέως Gal. 11.363; νικῆσαι Id.10.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[reach]], [[win]], Δήμητρος εὐνῆς <span class="bibl">D.H.1.61</span> (v.l. [[εὐνήν]]).</span>