ὀρχέομαι,
imperfect ὠρχούμην:
Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural present ὀρχεῦνται,
imperfect ὠρχεῦντο (see. below):
future ὀρχήσομαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ὠρχησάμην [
Refs 6th c.BC+];
infinitive ὀρχήσασθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
passive,
aorist ὠρχήθην [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—
dance, ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι. ὠρχεῦντ᾽ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα, of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί (compare χειρονομέω) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
to dance in or
on, Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
dance Laconian steps, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] {ὀρχηδόν}, etc:—
passive, τῶν ὕμνων οἳ μὲν ὠρχοῦντο οἳ δὲ οὐκ ὠρχοῦντο [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2)
represent by dancing or
pantomime, ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II)
metaphorically,
leap, bound, ὀρχεῖται δὲ καρδία φόβῳ [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Θεσσαλίη ὠρχήσατο Thessaly
shook, trembled, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III)
active ὀρχέω,
make to dance (see. [
Refs 5th c.BC+], is used by Ion Trag.[
Refs]
made my heart
leap (so codices [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but ὀρκῆσι in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]