ὀρέγνυμι

ὀρέγ-νυμι,

• = ὀρέγω, only in part., χεῖρας ὀρεγνύς Il. 1.351, 22.37; χεῖρας ὀρεγνύμενος AP 7.506.6 (Leon.), cf. Mosch. 2.112.

ὀρέγνυμι, [ῡ], = ὀρέγω, nur χεῖρας ὀρεγνύς, Il. 1.351, 22.37.

ὀρέγνυμι , part. ὀρέγων, ὀρεγνύς, fut. ὀρέξω, aor. ὤρεξα, mid. pres. inf. ὀρέγεσθαι, aor. ὠρέξατ(ο), ὀρέξατ(ο), perf. 3 pl. ὀρωρέχαται, plup. 3 pl. ὀρωρέχατο: reach, extend, mid., stretch out oneself, or oneʼs own hands, etc., reach for, τινός, sometimes τὶ, Il. 16.314, 322, Il. 23.805; of ‘reaching and giving’ something, Il. 24.102; and metaph., ὁπποτέροισι πατὴρ Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀρέξῃ, ‘may bestow,’ Il. 5.33; mid., of trying to hit, ‘lunging’ at one with the spear, Il. 4.307; of horses ‘laying themselves out,’ to exert their speed (perf. and plup.), Il. 16.834; so δράκοντες, ‘outstretched,’ Il. 11.26.

ὀρέγνυμι = ὀρέγω only in part.

• χεῖρας ὀρεγνύς Il.: Mid., χεῖρας ὀρεγνύμενος Anth.