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ὀρχοῦμαι

ε-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρχοῦμαι ὀρχήσομαι ὠρχησάμην ὤρχημαι

Structure: ὀρχέ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: o)/rxos

Sense

  1. I dance
  2. I represent by dancing or pantomime
  3. (figuratively) I leap, bound
  4. (active) I cause to dance

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν γοῦν τῇ θήρᾳ αὐτῶν ὁ ἐπιτηδειότατοσ ὀρχεῖται στὰσ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ζῷα βλέποντα εἰσ τὸν ὀρχούμενον νευροσπαστεῖται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 44 3:1)
  • οἴδαμεν δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἡμιόπουσ καλουμένουσ, περὶ ὧν φησιν Ἀνακρέων τίσ ἐρασμίην τρέψασ θυμὸν ἐσ ἥβην τερένων ἡμιόπων ὑπ’ αὐλῶν ὀρχεῖται; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 79 2:2)
  • γράφει δὲ οὕτωσ περὶ τούτου Δοῦρισ ἐν τῇ ἑβδόμῃ τῶν ἱστοριῶν ’ ἐν μόνῃ τῶν ἑορτῶν τῶν ἀγομένων ὑπὸ Περσῶν τῷ Μίθρῃ βασιλεὺσ μεθύσκεται καὶ τὸ Περσικὸν ὀρχεῖται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 45 2:2)
  • καλεῖται δ’ ἡ πυρρίχη καὶ χειρονομία, ἡ δ’ ὑπορχηματική ἐστιν ἐν ᾗ ᾄδων ὁ χορὸσ ὀρχεῖται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 30 1:2)
  • ὀρχεῖται δὲ καρδία φόβῳ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 7:4)

Synonyms

  1. I dance

  2. I represent by dancing or pantomime

  3. I leap

  4. I cause to dance

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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