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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.17.366</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1710</span> (lyr.), etc.; Ion. and later Prose, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>497b27</span>, etc.: impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὤρεγον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.240</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.126</span> : fut. ὀρέξω <span class="bibl">Il.13.327</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>902</span> : aor. ὤρεξα <span class="bibl">Il.23.406</span>, Trag. (<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>846</span>, etc.), and sts. in Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.29</span>:—Med.and Pass., <span class="bibl">Il.24.506</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.65</span>, etc.: fut. ὀρέξομαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>353</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>486a</span> (ἐπ-): aor. ὠρεξάμην <span class="bibl">Il.23.99</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>16</span>, etc.: rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.15</span> ; also [[ὠρέχθην]] ib.<span class="bibl">16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ages.</span>1.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>8.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>187</span>, as well as in E. (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1238</span>) (not in Hom.): pf. ὤρεγμαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>18</span> ; redupl. 3pl. [[ὀρωρέχαται]], plpf. <b class="b3">-έχατο</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.834</span>, <span class="bibl">11.26</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">ὀρέγνυμι, ὀριγνάομαι</b> :—[[reach]], [[stretch]], [[stretch out]], χεῖρ' ὀρέγων <span class="bibl">Od.17.366</span> ; εἰς οὐρανόν <span class="bibl">Il.15.371</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.527</span> ; <b class="b3">χεῖρας ἐμοὶ ὀρέγοντας</b>, in entreaty, <span class="bibl">12.257</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>36</span> ; μοι . . λεχέων ἐκ χεῖρας ὄρεξας <span class="bibl">Il.24.743</span> ; πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>4.240</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>846</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">Ὅμηρον... ἐφ' ὃν πᾶσαι χεῖρ' ὀρέγουσι πόλεις</b>, to claim him, <span class="title">APl.</span>4.294. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">reach out, hold out, hand, give</b>, κοτύλην καὶ πύρνον <span class="bibl">Od.15.312</span> ; δέπας <span class="bibl">Il.24.102</span> ; ὁπποτέροισι πατὴρ Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀρέξῃ <span class="bibl">5.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.453</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>433</span> ; ἠέ τῳ εὖχος ὀρέξομεν, ἦέ τις ἡμῖν <span class="bibl">Il.12.328</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1203</span> (lyr.); ὀ. πλοῦτόν τινι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.110</span> ; τέλος ἔμπεδον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>7.58</span> ; ὤρεξε τὴν κύλικα τῷ Σωκράτει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117b</span> ; later <b class="b3">βοήθειαν ὀρέξαι τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις</b> [[extend]] help, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>902.11</span> (v A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med. and Pass., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> abs., <b class="b2">stretch oneself out, stretch forth one's hand</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.53</span> ; ἀνδρὸς . . ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ' ὀρέγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.24.506</span> (but χεῖρας ὀρεξαμένου [[having lent a helping hand]], Epigr.Gr.448.4 (Syria)); ὀρεξαμένη ἀπὸ δίφρου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>456</span>; <b class="b3">ὠρέξατο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, χειρὶ σκαιῇ</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.99</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>178</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω</b> [[let him lunge with]] the spear (from the chariot), <span class="bibl">Il.4.307</span> ; πρόσθεν Ἄρης ὠρέξαθ' ὑπὲρ ζυγὸν . . ἔγχεϊ χαλκείῳ <span class="bibl">5.851</span> ; <b class="b3">ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν</b>, of horses, [[they galloped]] to the fight, <span class="bibl">16.834</span>; <b class="b3">ὀρέξατ' ἰών</b> [[he stretched himself]] as he went, i.e. [[made a stride]], <span class="bibl">13.20</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν</b> [[were stretched out]] towards the neck, <span class="bibl">11.26</span> ; of fish, [[rise at the bait]], καί τις τῶν τραφερῶν ὠρέξατο <span class="bibl">Theoc. 21.44</span> ; for <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1111</span>, v. [[ὄρεγμα]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[reach at]] or [[to]] a thing, [[grasp at]], <b class="b3">οὗ παιδὸς ὀρέξατο</b> he [[reached out to]] his child, <span class="bibl">Il.6.466</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.11.392</span> ; in a hostile sense, [[aim at]], [[assail]], [[hit]], <b class="b3">τοῦ δ' ἀντίθεος Θρασυμήδης ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος . . ὦμον</b> [[hit]] him first [[on]] the shoulder, <span class="bibl">Il.16.322</span> ; ib.<span class="bibl">314</span>, a gen. pers. must be supplied, <b class="b3">ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος πρυμνὸν σκέλος</b>; so in <span class="bibl">23.805</span> <b class="b3">ὁππότερός κε φθῇσιν ὀρεξάμενος χρόα καλόν</b>; δηΐων ὀρέγοιτ' ἐγγύθεν ἱστάμενος <span class="bibl">Tyrt.12.12</span> ; also of a suppliant, <b class="b3">τί χρῆμα θηρῶσ' ἱκέτις ὠρέχθης ἐμοῦ</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1238</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., [[reach after]], [[grasp at]], [[yearn for]], γάμων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span>842</span> ; τῶν μεγίστων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>240</span>; ἀπεόντων <span class="bibl">Democr.202</span>; ζωῆς <span class="bibl">Id.205</span> : freq. in Att. Prose, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>439b</span>,<span class="bibl">485d</span>, etc.; ὀ. τοῦ πρῶτος ἕκαστος γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.65</span> : so c. inf., πόλιν ὠρέξατ' οἰκεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>16</span> ; ὀ. τοιοῦτος γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Prt.</span>326a</span> ; οὐδέποτε ὠρέχθην τοῖς πολλοῖς ἀρέσκειν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>187</span> : also, abs., [[yearn]], [[desire]], πάσῃσιν ὀρέξαιτο πραπίδεσσιν <span class="bibl">Emp.129.4</span> ; θυμὸς ὀρέξατο γηθοσύνῃσιν <span class="bibl">A.R.2.878</span> ; ὀρεγόμεθα κατὰ τὴν βούλευσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1113a12</span> ; cf. <b class="b3">ὀρεκτός, ὄρεξις</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., <b class="b3">σῖτόν τ' ὄρεξαι</b> [[take]] food, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>303</span> (v.l. [[σίτων]]); <b class="b3">αἰώρημα διὰ δέρης ὀρέξομαι</b> I [[will put]] the noose on [[my]] neck, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>353</span> (lyr.).</span>