Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρχηστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρχηστικός ὀρχηστική ὀρχηστικόν

Structure: ὀρχηστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or fit for dancing
  2. pantomimic

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν, ὦ γενναῖε, μονονουχὶ θεομαχῶν ὑβρίζεισ εἰσ τὴν ὀρχηστικὴν ὁ Σωκράτησ δέ, σοφώτατοσ ἀνήρ, εἴ γε πιστευτέον τοῦτο περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντι τῷ Πυθίῳ, οὐ μόνον ἐπῄνει τὴν ὀρχηστικὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκμαθεῖν αὐτὴν ἠξίου, μέγιστον νέμων ^ εὐρυθμίᾳ καὶ εὐμουσίᾳ καὶ κινήσει ἐμμελεῖ καὶ εὐσχημοσύνῃ τοῦ κινουμένου· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 24:2)
  • καὶ ἔμελλέν γε ἐκεῖνοσ περὶ ὀρχηστικὴν οὐ μετρίωσ σπουδάσεσθαι, ὅσ γε καὶ τὰ μικρὰ οὐκ ὤκνει μανθάνειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰσ τὰ διδασκαλεῖα τῶν αὐλητρίδων ἐφοίτα καὶ παρ’ ἑταίρασ γυναικὸσ οὐκ ἀπηξίου σπουδαῖόν τι ἀκούειν, τῆσ Ἀσπασίασ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 25:2)
  • Σοφοκλῆσ δὲ πρὸσ τῷ καλὸσ γεγενῆσθαι τὴν ὡρ́αν ἦν καὶ ὀρχηστικὴν δεδιδαγμένοσ καὶ μουσικὴν ἔτι παῖσ ὢν παρὰ Λάμπρῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 37 1:3)
  • γὰρ ἰατροῦ σάρκα τέμνοντοσ εὐρυθμίαν τινὰ δεῖ καὶ καθαριότητα τοῖσ ἔργοισ ἐπιτρέχειν, ὀρχηστικὴν δὲ καὶ παράβολον καὶ περιτρέχουσαν ὑγρότητα καὶ περιεργίαν ἀπεῖναι τῆσ χειρόσ, οὕτωσ ἡ παρρησία δέχεται τὸ ἐπιδέξιον καὶ τὸ ἀστεῖον, ἂν ἡ χάρισ τὴν σεμνότητα σῴζῃ, θρασύτησ δὲ καὶ βδελυρία καὶ ὕβρισ προσοῦσα πάνυ διαφθείρει καὶ ἀπόλλυσιν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 27 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or fit for dancing

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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