- ὀρχέομαι
- ὀρχέομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to dance', Akt. ὀρχέω `to make dance' (Il., Ion., trag.).Other forms: Aor. ὀρχήσασθαι (Od.).Compounds: Also w. prefix as ὑπ-, κατ-, ἐξ-.Derivatives: 1. the nom. actionis ὀρχ-ηθμός m. `dance' (Hom., h. Ap.), -ησμός m. `id.' (A.), -ηστύς f. `id.' (Hom., E. Kyk. 171; as κιθαριστύς); younger -ησις f. `id.' (posthom.; Holt Les noms d'action en -σις 127; semantic. in spite of Benveniste Noms d'ag. 86 not to be separated from -ηστύς), -ημα (ὑπ- ὀρχέομαι ) n. `id.' (Simon., S., Pl.); 2. the nom. agentis -ηστήρ (Il.), -ηστής, Dor. -ηστάς (Il., Thera, OldAtt.) m.'dancer' with f. -ηστρίς (com., Pl.), -ήστρια(Moer.); 3. the nom. loci -ήστρα f. `dancing-room, orchestra' (Pl., Arist.); 4. the adj. -ηστικός `belonging to dance(r)s, fit for dancing' (Pl., Arist.). Deatils in Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 28f. (a.o. on the analog. -σ-), Benveniste Origines 201, Noms d'ag. 65 f. a. 86, Porzig Satzinhalte 183 a. 236.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Iterative-intensive formation, formally from primary ἔρχομαι; s.v. and Schwyzer 719 a. 702 (which DELG finds neither formally nor semantically convincing). Skt. r̥ghāyáti `tremble, scream, rage', of old compared (Bq s.v. w. lit., WP. 1, 147, Pok. 339, Mayrhofer s.v.) can at most be indirectly connected.Page in Frisk: 2,433
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