ὀρχέομαι

orcheomai

dance

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 8
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Book II 4
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653e2
654c1
654b6
654b11
Book VII 4
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803e2
803e4
791a7
813b3
Euthydemus 2
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277e1
294e1
Ion 2
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534a1
536b8
Cratylus 1
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407a2
Menexenus 1
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236d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρχέομαι, impf. ὠρχούμην: Ep. 3pl. pres. ὀρχεῦνται, impf. ὠρχεῦντο (v. infr.): fut. ὀρχήσομαι Ar. Th. 1178, etc.: aor. ὠρχησάμην Anacr. 69, Hdt. 6.129 ; inf. ὀρχήσασθαι Hom. (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. ὠρχήθην Euph. 87:—A. dance, ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι . . ὠρχεῦντʼ Il. 18.594 ; Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι Od. 8.371, cf. 14.465 ; πόσσʼ ἁπαλοῖσιν ὀρχεῦνται Hes. Th. 4 ; ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα, of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. ap. Ath. 4.155b ; ἐν ῥυθμῷ X. Cyr. 1.3.10 ; ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί (cf. χειρονομέω) Antiph. 113.1 : c. acc. loci, δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι to dance in or on, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.66, cf. Euph.l.c. (Pass.): also c. acc. cogn., Λακωνικὰ σχημάτια ὀρχεῖσθαι dance Laconian steps, Id. 6.129 ; ὀ. τὸ Περσικόν X. Cyr. 8.4.12 ; ὀ. πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν σχήματα Id. Smp. 7.5 ; ὀ. τὸν ὅρμον Luc. Salt.II sq., etc.:—Pass., τῶν ὕμνων οἳ μὲν ὠρχοῦντο οἳ δὲ οὐκ ὠρχοῦντο Ath. 14.631d. 2. represent by dancing or pantomime, ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα, Luc. Salt. 80, 83, cf. AP 9.248 (Boeth.), 11.254 (Lucill.). II. metaph., leap, bound, ὀρχεῖται δὲ καρδία φόβῳ A. Ch. 166, cf. Anaxandr. 59 ; Θεσσαλίη ὠρχήσατο Thessaly shook, trembled, Call. Del. 139. III. Act. ὀρχέω, make to dance (v. Pl. Cra. 407a), is used by Ion Trag.50, ἐκ τῶν ἀέλπτων μᾶλλον ὤρχησεν φρένας made my heart leap (so codd. Ath., ὤρχησαι Nauck); but ὀρκῆσι in Ar. Th. 1179 is a barbarism for ὀρχῆται.

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