ὀροθύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used by Hom. once in pres., <span class="bibl">Od.18.407</span>, but chiefly in Ep. impf. 3sg. <b class="b3">ὀρόθῡνε (ν)</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.351</span>, al.: aor. 1 <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὠρόθυνα Lyc.693 ; imper. ὀρόθυνον <span class="bibl">Il.21.312</span> :—[[stir up]], [[rouse]], [[urge on]], mostly of persons, <span class="bibl">Il.13.351</span>, etc.; also of things, πάντας δ' ὀρόθυνον ἐναύλους <span class="bibl">21.312</span> ; πάσας δ' ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας <span class="bibl">Od.5.292</span> : c. inf., [[urge]] one to do, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.522</span>, <span class="bibl">1275</span>.— Ep. word, used in Pass. by A., στάσις τ' ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span> 202</span> ; and Herm. restores <b class="b3">ὀροθύνεις</b> (for <b class="b3">ὀρθεῖς</b> or <b class="b3">ὀρθοῖς</b>) in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 1168</span> (lyr.).</span>

|etymtx=ὀροθῦναι<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to excite]], [[to incite]], [[to revive]] (Il., also A. Pr. 202).<br />Compounds: Also w. <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμφ-</b>.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Secondary formation to [[ἐρέθω]] (s.v.) for <b class="b3">*ὀροθέω</b> after <b class="b3">θαρσύνω</b>, <b class="b3">ὀτρύνω</b> a.o. (cf. Risch 253); not with Fraenkel Denom. 39 and Debrunner IF 21, 86 assimilated from <b class="b3">*ἐρεθύνω</b>. Positing a noun <b class="b3">*ὄροθος</b> (considered s. <b class="b3">ἐρέθω</b>) is superfluous.