ὄρομαι

ὄρομαι,

• keep watch, used only in compd. with ἐπί, which is always separated from the Verb by tmesis, αἰπόλια πλατέʼ αἰγῶν . . ἐσχατιῇ βόσκοντʼ, ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄρονται Od. 14.104; ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄροντο, οἶνον οἰνοχοεῦντες 3.471 (cf. ὄρνυμι ad init.); ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐσθλὸς ὀρώρει Μηριόνης Il. 23.112.—So Sch. Od. 14.104 (cf. ὅρει· φυλάσσει, Hsch.) rightly: ἐπὶ . . ὄρομαι is related to ἐπίουρος (ἔφορος) .

ὄρομαι, (vgl. οὖρος), kommt nur Od. 14.104 vor, ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄρονται, was von Alten ὁρῶσι, φυλάττουσι, darüber wachen, erklärt wird, obwohl Andere auch an ὄρνυμι dachten, Hesych. ἐφορμῶσι, ἐπακολουθοῦσιν.

ὄρομαι

[ὀρ-, ὁράω. Cf. οὖρος2, ἐπίουρος, θυραωρός, πυλαωρός.]

3 sing. plupf. ὀρώρει Il. 23.112.

To keep an eye on something, watch : ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐσθλὸς ὀρώρει (superintended the work) Il. 23.112 : ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄροντο (did watchful service) Od. 3.471, ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄρονται (tend the flocks) Od. 14.104.

ὄρομαι (root ϝορ, ὁράω), ὄρονται, ipf. ὄροντο, plup. ὀρώρει: keep watch or ward, ἐπὶ (adv., ‘over’) δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐσθλὸς ὀρώρει, Il. 23.112, Od. 14.104, Od. 3.471.

ὄρομαι,

• Dep. to watch, keep watch and ward, Il.