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ὀτρύνω

otryno

stir up, egg on, encourage

Appears 135 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀτρύνω [ῡ], Ep. inf. ὀτρυνέμεν Il. 4.286: impf. ὤτρυνον Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; Iterat. ὀτρύνεσκον Il. 24.24: fut. ὀτρῠνέω Hom. (v. infr.): Ep. aor. ὄτρῡνα Od. 17.430:—Med. or Pass., only in pres. and impf. (v. infr.): A. poet. Verb, the compd. ἐπ-οτρύνω being used in Prose: (v. sub fin.):—stir up, egg on, encourage, esp. to battle, to any sudden or violent exertion, τινα Il. 5.482, 10.158, etc.; τί με σπεύδοντα καὶ αὐτὸν ὀτρύνεις ; 8.294; ὄτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸν ἑκάστου 5.470: freq. c. inf., ὀπτῆρας . . ὄτρυνα νέεσθαι Od. 17.430; ὀ. τινὰ μάχεσθαι Il. 4.294,414, etc.; γήμασθαι Od. 19.158, etc.; ἡμέας ὀτρύνων καταπαυέμεν 2.244: without inf., ἦ τινʼ ἑταίρων ὀτρυνέεις Τρώεσσιν ἐπίσκοπον (sc. ἰέναι) ; Il. 10.38; ὃν ναῶν Ἕκτωρ ὤτρυνε κατόπταν E. Rh. 558(lyr.): with Preps., Ἑρμείαν . . νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην ὀτρύνομεν (sc. ἰέναι) Od. 1.85, cf. Il. 15.59; σέ γε θυμὸς ὀ. ἐπὶ νῆας 24.289; τὸν δʼ ὀ. πόλιν εἴσω Od. 15.40; ποτὶ δῶμα 17.75; προτὶ Ἴλιον Il. 19.156; πόλινδε Od. 15.306; πόλεμόνδε Il. 2.589; ποτὶ βουθυσίαν Ἥρας Pi. N. 10.23: rarely folld. by ὡς, Ὀδυσῆα ὄτρυνʼ, ὡς ἂν πύρνα . . ἀγείροι Od. 17.362: rarely also c. dat. pers. et inf., ὤτρυνον . . θεραπόντεσσιν φυλάξαι Pi. P. 4.41:—Med. or Pass., rouse oneself, bestir oneself, hasten, c. inf., ἕπεσθαι Od. 10.425; ὀτρυνώμεθʼ ἀμυνέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν Il. 14.369, cf. Od. 17.183; ὑμεῖς δʼ ὀτρύνεσθαι . . , ὥς κʼ ἐμὲ . . ἐπιβήσετε πάτρης 7.222:—the Act. in this intr. sense is only f.l. in Il. 7.420. 2. less freq. of animals, urge on, cheer on, οὐρῆας 23.111; ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας 16.167, etc.; κύνας 18.584. 3. of things, urge forward, quicken, speed, πομπὴν ὀτρύνετε Od. 7.151, cf. 8.30; τούτῳ δʼ ὀτρυνέει Μέντωρ ὁδόν 2.253; ἀγγελίην ὀτρύνομεν 16.355; μάχην ὤτρυνον Ἀχαιῶν Il. 12.277; βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν roused the shouts of the people, B. 8.35 (s. v.l.).—Ep. Verb, used now and then by Trag., in lyr., A. Th. 726, E. Rh. 25,558: in trim., S. Aj. 60,771, El. 28, E. Alc. 755: rare even in later Prose, Arist. Mu. 399b11. (Prob. ὀ-τρῠ-ν-yω, with ὀ- prefix (as in ὀ-κέλλω) ; -τρῠ- perh. cogn. with Skt. tvárate ‘hasten’.)
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