ὀρχέομαι,
impf. ὠρχούμην: [Eph 3:1-21] pl. 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: -
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1. dance, ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι.. ὠρχεῦντ’ Il. 18.594; Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι Od. 8.371, cf. 14.465; πόσσ’ 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.
G3738 — ὀρχέομαι
ὀρχοῦμαι: 1 aorist ὠρχησαμην; (from χορός, by transposition ὄρχος; cf. ά῾ρπω, ἁρπάζω, and Latinrapio, μορφή and Latinforma; (but these supposed transpositions are extremely doubtful, cf. Curtius, § 189; Fick 4:207, 167. Some connect ὀρχέομαι with the root, argh, 'to put in rapid motion'; cf. Vanicek, p. 59)); to dance: [Mat 11:17]; [Mat 14:6]; [Mar 6:22]; [Luk 7:32]. (From Homer down; the Sept. for רָקַד, [1Ch 15:29]; Ecclus. 3:4; [2Sa 6:21].)
ὀρχέομαι , - οῦμαι ,
[in LXX for H7540, etc.;]
to dance; [Mat 11:17]; [Mat 14:6], [Mar 6:22], [Luk 7:32]. †