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ὀρούω

orouo

dart, rush forward

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρούω, Pi. P. 10.61, Democr. 228 : impf. ὤρουον E. HF 972 : fut. ὀρούσω h.Ap. 417: aor. ὤρουσα Pi. O. 9.102, A. Eu. 113 ; Ep. ὄρουσα Il. 2.310, Hes. Sc. 437, part. ὀρούσας Il. 11.359, E. IT 297: (cf. ὄρνυμι):— A. dart, rush forward, Hom., both of men and things (v. infr.): Hom. always joins it with words expressing motion to a place, ἐς δίφρον ὀρούσας Il. 11.359 ; ἐς βυσσὸν ὄρουσεν 24.80 ; πρός ῥα πλατάνιστον ὄ. 2.310 ; ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ὄρουσαν 14.401, Hes. Sc. 412,436, cf. Theoc. 6.13 ; or motion from a place, αἰχμὴ ἀπὸ χειρὸς ὄρουσεν Il. 13.505, al., cf. Hes. Sc. 437 ; ἐκ μέσων ἀρκυστάτων ὤρουσεν A. Eu. 113 ; ἐκ τάξεων ὤρουσε E. Ph. 1237 ; μόσχους ὀρούσας ἐς μέσας Id. IT 297 ; ὤρουον ἄλλος ἄλλοσε Id. HF 972 : c. acc. cogn., πήδημʼ ὀρούσας A. Ag. 826 ; simply, move, ὀ. βραδέως Archestr. Fr. 24.3 : metaph., ἀπότομον ὤρουσεν εἰς ἀνάγκαν S. OT 877 (lyr.); ὡς ὀρούσῃ πρὸς δίκας ἀγῶνα Id. El. 1441 (lyr.); πρὸς θάνατον ὀρούειν Philem. 214. 2. c. gen. objecti, rush at, strive after, Pi. P. 10.61. 3. c. inf., to be eager to do, Id. O. 9.102. 4. generally, rise, tower, ἐκ . . κεφαλῆς δίδυμον κέρας ἰθὺς ὀρούει Opp. C. 3.474.—Poet. Verb, Ep., Lyr., and Trag., once in Ar. (Fr. 523, in prov., πέρδιξ ὄρουσον ‘look sharp’) and once in Philem.l.c.
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