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