ὀργάω
orgao
to be getting ready to bear, growing ripe
Appears 52 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀργάω, mostly in pres.: pf. part. ὀργηκότες (v.l. ὡρμ-) occurs in AJ 17.9.2 : plpf. Pass. ὤργητο in , v. II fin. I. to be getting ready to bear, growing ripe for something, of soil, CP 3.2.6 ; of trees, συμβαίνει . . τὰ . . δένδρα ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν ib.1.6.2 ; ὀργᾷ [ἡ σμῖλαξ] πρὸς τὴν ἄνθησιν 2.647f; and of fruit, swell as it ripens, ὁ καρπὸς πεπαίνεται καὶ ὀργᾷ 4.199 : so c. inf., ὀργᾷ ἀμᾶσθαι grows ripe for cutting, ibid., cf. Oec. 19.19 ; of a wound, ὀργᾶν φαίνεται appears turgid, Fract. 28, cf. Aph. 1.22. II. of men, like σφριγάω, swell with lust, wax wanton, be rampant, Lys. 1113, Av. 462 (where the Sch. explains it ἐπιθυμητικῶς ἔχω) ; ὁ ἐπʼ ἀφροδισίοις μαινόμενος . . ὀργῶν 6.188 ; of human beings and animals, to be in heat, desire sexual intercourse, ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν ὁμιλίαν, ὀχείαν, HA 542a32,560b13 ; ὀ. ὀχεύεσθαι ib.500b11 ; πρὸς τὸ γεννᾶν 2.651c. 2. generally, to be eager or ready, to be excited, Λακεδαιμονίων ὀργώντων ἔμελλον πειράσεσθαι 4.108 ; ὀργῶντες κρίνειν judge under the influence of passion, 8.2 : c. inf., ὄργα μαθεῖν Ch. 454 (lyr.); ὀργᾶν τεκεῖν HA 613b28 ; ἀκοῦσαι ὀργῶ 21 ; of a thing, to be urgent, ὤργα τὸ πρᾶγμα Fr. 54A; ὀ. πρός τι Alex. 6, 36.26, Vit. Thuc. 54 ; ἐπὶ ἐκφύλους συνόδους 2.21 ; ὀργᾷς ὃς ἱππίαν ἐς ὁδόν dub. cj. in P. 6.50 : plpf. Pass. in act. sense, ὧν ἀκροᾶσθαι . . ὤργητο (restd. from and some Mss. for ὥρμητο) 2.21. III. ὀργήσας is f.l. for ὀργάσας in 4.64.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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