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ὀργάω

ὀργάω, to swell with moisture

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ὀργῶσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active subjunctive 3rd plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of ὀργάω

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ὀργ-άω, mostly in pres.: pf. part. ὀργηκότες (v.l. ὡρμ-) occurs in J. AJ 17.9.2: plpf. Pass. ὤργητο in Hsch., v. II fin.
    • I to be getting ready to bear, growing ripe for something, of soil, Thphr. CP 3.2.6; of trees, συμβαίνει . . τὰ . . δένδρα ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν ib. 1.6.2; ὀργᾷ [ἡ σμῖλαξ] πρὸς τὴν ἄνθησιν Plu. QConv. 2.647f; and of fruit, swell as it ripens, ὁ καρπὸς πεπαίνεται καὶ ὀργᾷ Hdt. 4.199: so c. inf., ὀργᾷ ἀμᾶσθαι grows ripe for cutting, ibid., cf. X. Oec. 19.19; of a wound, ὀργᾶν φαίνεται appears turgid, Hp. Fract. 28, cf. Aph. 1.22.
    • II of men, like σφριγάω, swell with lust, wax wanton, be rampant, Ar. Lys. 1113, Av. 462 (where the Sch. explains it ἐπιθυμητικῶς ἔχω); ὁ ἐπʼ ἀφροδισίοις μαινόμενος . . ὀργῶν Poll. 6.188; of human beings and animals, to be in heat, desire sexual intercourse, ὀργᾶν πρὸς τὴν ὁμιλίαν, ὀχείαν, Arist. HA 542a32, 560b13; ὀ. ὀχεύεσθαι ib. 500b11; πρὸς τὸ γεννᾶν Plu. QConv. 2.651c.
      • 2 generally, to be eager or ready, to be excited, Λακεδαιμονίων ὀργώντων ἔμελλον πειράσεσθαι Th. 4.108; ὀργῶντες κρίνειν judge under the influence of passion, Id. 8.2: c. inf., ὄργα μαθεῖν A. Ch. 454 (lyr.); ὀργᾶν τεκεῖν Arist. HA 613b28; ἀκοῦσαι ὀργῶ Cratin. 21 D.; of a thing, to be urgent, ὤργα τὸ πρᾶγμα A. Fr. 54A; ὀ. πρός τι Plu. Alex. 6, D.Chr. 36.26, Marcellin. Vit.Thuc. 54; ἐπὶ ἐκφύλους συνόδους Ph. 2.21; ὀργᾷς ὃς ἱππίαν ἐς ὁδόν dub. cj. in Pi. P. 6.50: plpf. Pass. in act. sense, ὧν ἀκροᾶσθαι . . ὤργητο (restd. from Hsch. and some Mss. for ὥρμητο) Th. 2.21.
    • III ὀργήσας is f.l. for ὀργάσας in Hdt. 4.64.

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