ὀρυμαγδός

ὀρῠμαγδός, ὁ,

• loud noise, din, as of a throng of men fighting, working, or running about, freq. in Hom. (esp. in Il., 17.424, al.), cf. Hes. Sc. 232, 401; also of men and dogs, Il. 10.185; of horses and men, 17.741: not used of voices, but only of inarticulate sounds: hence also δρυτόμων ὀ. the sound of wood-cutters, 16.633; ὀρυμαγδὸν ἔθηκε, of the rattling made by throwing a load of wood on the ground, Od. 9.235, cf. Il. 21.313; of the roar of a raging river, ῥέων μεγάλῳ ὀρυμαγδῷ ib. 256; of the sea, Simon. 51; of oars, A.R. 4.105.

ὀρυμαγδός, ὁ (vgl. ὠρύω u. ἀράσσω), Geräusch, Lärm, bes. das verworrene Getöse versammelter Heere od. der Kämpfenden ; πολὺς δʼ ὀρυμαγδὸς ὀρώρει, Il. 2.810 ; oft von den in die Schlacht Ziehenden ; πολὺς δʼ ὀρυμαγδὸς ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ κυνῶν, 10.185 ; δρυτόμων ἀνδρῶν, 16.633 ; vom rauschenden Flusse, ῥέων ἕπετο μεγάλῳ ὀρυμαγδῷ, 21.256, vgl. 313 ; von dem Getöse, welches der Kyklop macht, indem er das Bündel Holz hinwirft, Od. 9.235 ; Hes. Sc. 401.

ὀρυμαγδός

-οῦ, ὁ.

• • 1

    A sound or noise : δρυτόμων ἀνδρῶν Il. 16.633.

    A noise or din caused by clashing or striking : ὀρυμαγδὸν φιτρῶν καὶ λάων Il. 21.313. Cf. Od. 9.235.

    In reference to a river, a roaring or rushing Il. 21.256.

  • 2

    Din, noise, shouting, tumult : πολύς Il. 2.810= Il. 8.59, Il. 4.449= Il. 8.63, Il. 10.185 : Od. 24.70.– A din, noise, shouting, tumult : ἀνιηθεὶς ὀρυμαγδῷ Od. 1.133. Cf. Il. 17.424, 741.

  • 3

    The tumult of battle.

    With the notion of noise obscured : ἐρύεσθαι ὑπὸ Τρώων ὀρυμαγδοῦ (from the hands of the . . .) Il. 9.248. Cf. Il. 10.539, Il. 17.461.

ὀρυμαγδός : loud noise, din, crash; often of crowds of men, esp. in battle, Od. 24.70, Il. 2.810, Il. 17.740, Od. 9.133; also of trees felled, wood thrown down, a torrent, stones, Il. 16.633, Od. 9.235, Il. 21.256, 313.

ὀρυμαγδός ὀρῠμαγδός, οῦ, ὁ,

• a loud noise, din, Hom.; ὀρ. δρυτόμων the sound of wood-cutters, Il.; the rattling made by throwing a bundle of wood on the ground, Od.; of the roar of a torrent, Il. Formed from the sound.