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|Definition=impf. <b class="b3">ὠρχούμην</b>: Ep. 3pl. pres. <b class="b3">ὀρχεῦνται</b>, impf. <b class="b3">ὠρχεῦντο</b> (v. infr.): fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὀρχήσομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1178</span>, etc.: aor. ὠρχησάμην <span class="bibl">Anacr. 69</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.129</span> ; inf. ὀρχήσασθαι Hom. (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. ὠρχήθην <span class="bibl">Euph.87</span>:—[[dance]], ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι . . ὠρχεῦντ' <span class="bibl">Il.18.594</span> ; Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Od.8.371</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.465</span> ; πόσσ' ἁπαλοῖσιν ὀρχεῦνται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>4</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα</b>, of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.4.155b</span> ; ἐν ῥυθμῷ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.10</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί</b> (cf. [[χειρονομέω]]) <span class="bibl">Antiph.113.1</span> : c. acc. loci, <b class="b3">δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι</b> <b class="b2">to dance in</b> or [[on]], Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.66</span>, cf. Euph.l.c. (Pass.): also c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">Λακωνικὰ σχημάτια ὀρχεῖσθαι</b> [[dance]] Laconian steps, <span class="bibl">Id.6.129</span> ; ὀ. τὸ Περσικόν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.4.12</span> ; ὀ. πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν σχήματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>7.5</span> ; ὀ. τὸν ὅρμον Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>II sq., etc.:—Pass., τῶν ὕμνων οἳ μὲν ὠρχοῦντο οἳ δὲ οὐκ ὠρχοῦντο <span class="bibl">Ath.14.631d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">represent by dancing</b> or [[pantomime]], <b class="b3">ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>80</span>, <span class="bibl">83</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>9.248 (Boeth.), <span class="bibl">11.254</span> (Lucill.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[leap]], [[bound]], ὀρχεῖται δὲ καρδία φόβῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>166</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.59</span> ; <b class="b3">Θεσσαλίη ὠρχήσατο</b> Thessaly [[shook]], [[trembled]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>139</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Act. ὀρχέω, <b class="b2">make to dance</b> (v. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>407a</span>), is used by Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">50</span>, <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν ἀέλπτων μᾶλλον ὤρχησεν φρένας</b> [[made]] my heart [[leap]] (so codd. Ath., <b class="b3">ὤρχησαι</b> Nauck); but <b class="b3">ὀρκῆσι</b> in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1179</span> is a barbarism for <b class="b3">ὀρχῆται</b>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to dance]], 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.