ὀρέγω

ὀρέγω, -ομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to reach out (one's hand), to hand, to stretch oneself out, to stretch out for'; on the Hom. use Trümpy Fachausdrücke 118f. Other presentforms : 1. ptc. ὀρεγ-νύς (Α 351, Χ 37), -νύμενος (AP, Mosch.); 2. ὀριγ-νάομαι (Hes. Sc. 190, Herod., Theoc.), with the innovated aor. ὠριγν-ήθην (Antipho Soph., Isoc.), fut. -ήσομαι (D. C.); on ι as stemvowel cf. κίρνημι (s. κεράννυμι w. lit.).

Other forms: Aor. ὀρέξαι, -ασθαι, fut. ὀρέξω, -ομαι (Il.), pf. a. plqu. midd. pl. ὀρωρέχαται, -το (Il.), ὤρεγμαι (Hp.), aor. pass. ὀρεχθῆναι (E., X., Hp. Ep.).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. ἐπ-.

Derivatives: 1. ὀρεκτός `stretched out' (Β 543, Str.; see Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1, 20) `desired, longed for' (Arist.) with ὀρεκτ-εῖν ἐπι-θυμεῖν, -ιῶν ἐπιθυμῶν H.; ἀν-όρεκτος `without desire for, undesired' (Arist.; functionally to ὄρεξις) with ἀνορ-εκτέω, -εξία (late). 2. ὄρεγμα n. `the stretching out (e.g. of the hand, also of the foot), step', also as measure of length (A., E., Arist., Tab. Heracl.). 3. ὄρεξις f. `desire, appetency' (Democr., Arist.; Holt Les noms d'action en -σις 126) with ὀρεκτικός `inclined, prone to desire' (Arist., Arr.), `rousing the appetite' (Dsc.). 4. ὀρέγ-δην `by stretching out' (sch., H.). -- On ὄργυια s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [854] *h₃reǵ- `make straight, direct'

Etymology: Exept for init. ὀ-, rather because of the o-colour a prefix than in ὀ-κέλλω a prothesis (diff. Schwyzer 411), ὀρέγω agrees as themat. root-present with Lat. regō `direct straight, lead, direct, govern' and OIr. rigim `stretch out'; also agree, butß for the vowelquantity, ὀρέξαι to Lat. rēxī and ὀρεκτός to rēctus (ē can be secondary length.), to which also Germ., e.g. Goth. raíhts `recht', Av. rā̆šta- `directed, ordened, straight'. Genetically independent are the formally agreeing ὄρεγμα, Av. rasman- m. n. `line of battle', Lat. reg-i-men n. `leadership'. Whether there is old connection between the isolately attested ptc. ὀρεγ-νύς, -νύμενος and the Av. adj. raš-nu- `straight' is uncertain; the present ὀριγ-νάομαι with suffixed nasal is rather far off from the nasalinfixed Skt. r̥-ñ-játi `stretches itself, runs'. The group presents many forms, presentformations and verbal nouns, which are not useful for the straight and very regular Greek system (on ὀρωρέχαται, -το s. Schwyzer 771). -- WP. 2, 362ff., Pok. 854ff., W.-Hofmann s. regō, w. rich lit.; Ernout-Meillet s. rĕgō with important notes; also Gonda KZ 73, 151 ff. -- (There is no connection with ἀρήγω.)

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