ὀροθύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“move, stir”). Cognate with ὄρνῡμι (órnūmi) and ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ro.tʰy̌ː.nɔː/ → /o.roˈθy.no/ → /o.roˈθi.no/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ro.tʰy̌ː.nɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.roˈtʰy.no/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈθy.no/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.roˈθy.no/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.roˈθi.no/

Verb

ὀροθῡ́νω • (orothū́nō)

1. (Epic) to stir up, rouse, urge on, excite

Conjugation

   Present: ὀροθῡ́νω (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀροθῡ́νω	ὀροθῡ́νεις	ὀροθῡ́νει	ὀροθῡ́νετον	ὀροθῡ́νετον	ὀροθῡ́νομεν	ὀροθῡ́νετε	ὀροθῡ́νουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ὀροθῡ́νω, ὀροθῡ́νωμῐ	ὀροθῡ́νῃς, ὀροθῡ́νῃσθᾰ	ὀροθῡ́νῃ, ὀροθῡ́νῃσῐ	ὀροθῡ́νητον	ὀροθῡ́νητον	ὀροθῡ́νωμεν	ὀροθῡ́νητε	ὀροθῡ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀροθῡ́νοιμῐ	ὀροθῡ́νοισ(θᾰ)	ὀροθῡ́νοι	ὀροθῡ́νοιτον	ὀροθῡνοίτην	ὀροθῡ́νοιμεν	ὀροθῡ́νοιτε	ὀροθῡ́νοιεν
	imperative		ὀρόθῡνε	ὀροθῡνέτω	ὀροθῡ́νετον	ὀροθῡνέτων		ὀροθῡ́νετε	ὀροθῡνόντων
		active
infinitive		ὀροθῡ́νειν/ὀροθῡνέμεν(αι)/ὀροθῡνμέναι
participle	m	ὀροθῡ́νων
	f	ὀροθῡ́νουσᾰ
	n	ὀροθῦνον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ὀρόθῡνον (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀρόθῡνον	ὀρόθῡνες	ὀρόθῡνε(ν)	ὀροθῡ́νετον	ὀροθῡνέτην	ὀροθῡ́νομεν	ὀροθῡ́νετε	ὀρόθῡνον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ὠρόθῡνᾰ (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὠρόθῡνᾰ	ὠρόθῡνᾰς	ὠρόθῡνε(ν)	ὠροθῡ́νᾰτον	ὠροθῡνᾰ́την	ὠροθῡ́νᾰμεν	ὠροθῡ́νᾰτε	ὠρόθῡνᾰν
	subjunctive	ὀροθῡ́νω, ὀροθῡ́νωμῐ	ὀροθῡ́νῃς, ὀροθῡ́νῃσθᾰ	ὀροθῡ́νῃ, ὀροθῡ́νῃσῐ	ὀροθῡ́νητον	ὀροθῡ́νητον	ὀροθῡ́νωμεν	ὀροθῡ́νητε	ὀροθῡ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀροθῡ́ναιμῐ	ὀροθῡ́ναις, ὀροθῡ́ναισθᾰ, ὀροθῡ́νειᾰς	ὀροθῡ́νειε(ν), ὀροθῡ́ναι	ὀροθῡνεῖτον	ὀροθῡνείτην	ὀροθῡνεῖμεν	ὀροθῡνεῖτε	ὀροθῡνεῖεν
	imperative		ὀρόθῡνον	ὀροθῡνᾰ́τω	ὀροθῡ́νᾰτον	ὀροθῡνᾰ́των		ὀροθῡ́νᾰτε	ὀροθῡνᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		ὀροθῦναι/ὀροθῡνᾰ́μεν/ὀροθῡνᾰμέναι
participle	m	ὀροθῡ́νᾱς
	f	ὀροθῡ́νᾱσᾰ
	n	ὀροθῦνᾰν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ὀροθύνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀροθύνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀροθύνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὀροθύνω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ὀροθύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press