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ὀρίνω

orino

stir, raise

Appears 48 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρίνω [ῑ], aor. ὤρῑνα, Ep.ὄρ- Il. 24.760, al. :—Med., aor. ὠρίνατο B. 12.112 :—Pass., impf. ὠρίνετο Od. 18.75 : aor. ὠρίνθην, Ep. ὀρ- Il. 5.29,al. : (cf. ὄρνυμι):—A. Ep. Verb (used by Epicr. 11.36, Arist. Pr. 947b32), stir, raise, ὡς δʼ ἄνεμοι δύο πόντον ὀρίνετον Il. 9.4 ; [ἀέλλη] πόντον ὀρίνει 11.298, cf. Od. 7.273 ; πάντα δʼ ὄρινε ῥέεθρα Il. 21.235 : mostly metaph., stir, move, excite, θυμὸν ὀρίνειν Od. 4.366 ; θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὀ. Il. 2.142 ; μνηστῆρας ὀρίνων driving them wild with fear, Od. 24.448 ; ἦτορ ἐν στήθεσσιν ὄρινε 17.47 ; ὄρινε δὲ κῆρ Ὀδυσῆος ib.216 ; also γόον Il. 24.760 ; ὀρυμαγδόν 21.313 ; Κύπριν Ps.-Phoc. 3 ; φρένας οἶνος ὀρίνει AP 15.9 (Cyrus) :—Pass., to be stirred, roused, Ἴρῳ δὲ κακῶς ὠρίνετο θυμός his heart was troubled within him, Od. 18.75 ; ὀρίνθη θυμός Il. 18.223 ; Τρῶας ὀρινομένους driven in flight, 11.521, cf. 525 ; ὀρινθέντες affrighted, Od. 22.23 ; ὀρινόμενοι Pi. Fr. 208 ; οὐδὲν ὀρινθείς Epicr. 11.36 ; ὡς πάρος οὐ λαλέεις καὶ ὀρείνομαι BCH 51.326 (Athens). II. incite one to do, c.acc. et inf., Orph. L. 59.
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