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An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ὀρχέομαι

Etym. ὄρχος

I. "to dance in a row", and generally, "to dance", Hom., etc.; δώσω τοι Τεγέην ὀρχήσασθαι will give thee Tegea "to dance in or on", Orac. ap. Hdt.; c. acc. cogn., Λακωνικὰ σχήματα ὀρχεῖσθαι "to dance" Laconian figures, Hdt.

2. trans. "to represent by pantomimic dancing", ὀρχεῖσθαι τὸν Αἴαντα (as Horace, "Cyclopa moveri)", Luc.

II. metaph. "to bound", ὀρχεῖται καρδία φόβωι Aesch.