ὀρεχθέω, Ep. Verb, once in Hom. ,
A.
βόες . . ὀρέχθεον ἀμφὶ σιδήρῳ σφαζόμενοι
Il. 23.30
: expld. by most Gramm. of the death-rattlein the throat (as though cogn. withῥοχθέω) (κατὰ μίμησιν ἤχου τραχέος . . , ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔστενον ἀναιρούμενοιSch.Tad loc., cf. Eust. 1285.60 sq., Apollon. Lex. , Hsch. , etc.); but also as cogn. withὀρέγομαι, ἀναιρούμενοι ὠρέγοντο ἤτοι ἐξετείνοντοEust.l.c. (cf. Sch. T, Zonar. , etc.), i.e.they were stretching themselves, struggling,in the throes of death.—In later Poets it seems freq. to meanswell up,esp. of the heart when stirred by emotion, like ὀρίνομαι, τῶς οἴεσθέ μου τὴν καρδίαν ὀρεχθεῖν ; Ar. Nu. 1368 ;νεάτη δ' ὑπὸ κύστις ὀρεχθεῖthe bladderswells,
Nic. Al. 340 ;σφακέλῳ δέ οἱ ἔνδον ὀρεχθεῖ μαινομένη κραδίη,of a dying whale, Opp. H. 2.583 ; τῇ δὲ . . δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ, οὐδ' ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ
A.R. 1.275
; καί οἱ ὀρέχθει θυμὸς ἐελδομένῳ στηθέων ἐξ αἷμα κεδάσσαι
Id. 2.49
: in Aristias 6 ,μύκαισι(μυκαῖσιSchneidewin)δ' ὠρέχθει τὸ λάϊνον πέδον,it must have the sense ofῥοχθέωifμυκαῖσιis accepted ;θάλασσαν ἔα ποτὶ χερσὸν ὀρεχθεῖνlet the searoarlandwards, Theoc. 11.43 (cf. βοάω