ὀρχέομαι,
imperfect ὠρχούμην: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural present ὀρχεῦνται, imperfect ὠρχεῦντο (see. below): future ὀρχήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1178, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠρχησάμην [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 69, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; infinitive ὀρχήσασθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ὠρχήθην [[ 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 87 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—dance, ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι.. ὠρχεῦντ᾽ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.594; Ἅλιον καὶ Λαοδάμαντα κέλευσε μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.371, compare 14.465; πόσσ᾽ ἁπαλοῖσιν ὀρχεῦνται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 4 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀ. πρὸς ὅπλα, of the Pyrrhic dance, Demetr.Sceps. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.155b; ἐν ῥυθμῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρχεῖσθαι ταῖς χερσί (compare χειρονομέω) [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 113.1: with _accusative_ loci, δώσω τοι Τεγέην ποσσίκροτον ὀρχήσασθαι] Refs 4th c.BC+] to dance in or on, Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, cf. Euph. [prev. cited] (_passive_): also with _accusative_ _cognate_, Λακωνικὰ σχημάτια ὀρχεῖσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] dance Laconian steps, [[ [prev. author] 6.129; ὀ. τὸ Περσικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.12; ὀ. πρὸς τὸν αὐλὸν σχήματα [prev. author] “Smp.” 7.5; ὀ. τὸν ὅρμον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” II] Refs 5th c.BC+] {ὀρχηδόν}, etc.:—passive, τῶν ὕμνων οἳ μὲν ὠρχοῦντο οἳ δὲ οὐκ ὠρχοῦντο [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.631d. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 represent by dancing or pantomime, ὀρχεῖσθαι τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν, ὀ. τὸν Αἴαντα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 80, 83, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.248 (1st c.AD: Boethus Epigrammaticus), 11.254 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]