ὀρεχθέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep.Verb, once in Hom., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> βόες . . ὀρέχθεον ἀμφὶ σιδήρῳ σφαζόμενοι <span class="bibl">Il.23.30</span>: expld. by most Gramm. of the death-[[rattle]] in the throat (as though cogn. with [[ῥοχθέω]]) (<b class="b3">κατὰ μίμησιν ἤχου τραχέος... ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔστενον ἀναιρούμενοι</b> Sch.Tad loc., cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1285.60</span> sq., Apollon. <span class="title">Lex.</span>, Hsch., etc.); but also as cogn. with <b class="b3">ὀρέγομαι, ἀναιρούμενοι ὠρέγοντο ἤτοι ἐξετείνοντο</b> Eust.l.c. (cf. Sch. T, Zonar., etc.), i.e. [[they were stretching themselves]], [[struggling]], in the throes of death.—In later Poets it seems freq. to mean [[swell up]], esp. of the heart when stirred by emotion, like [[ὀρίνομαι]], τῶς οἴεσθέ μου τὴν καρδίαν ὀρεχθεῖν; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1368</span>; <b class="b3">νεάτη δ' ὑπὸ κύστις ὀρεχθεῖ</b> the bladder [[swells]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>340</span>; <b class="b3">σφακέλῳ δέ οἱ ἔνδον ὀρεχθεῖ μαινομένη κραδίη</b>, of a dying whale, <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>2.583</span>; τῇ δὲ . . δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ, οὐδ' ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ <span class="bibl">A.R.1.275</span>; καί οἱ ὀρέχθει θυμὸς ἐελδομένῳ στηθέων ἐξ αἷμα κεδάσσαι <span class="bibl">Id.2.49</span>: in <span class="bibl">Aristias 6</span>, [[μύκαισι]] ([[μυκαῖσι]] Schneidewin) <b class="b3">δ' ὠρέχθει τὸ λάϊνον πέδον</b>, it must have the sense of [[ῥοχθέω]] if [[μυκαῖσι]] is accepted; <b class="b3">θάλασσαν ἔα ποτὶ χερσὸν ὀρεχθεῖν</b> let the sea [[roar]] landwards, <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.43</span> (cf. βοάω <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, [[ἐρεύγομαι]] (B)).</span>