Lexical Definition

‎ὀρέγομαι‎ orégomai (or-eg'-om-ahee) to aspire ^G:V
middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare ‎ὄρος‎)

covet after, desire.

• to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for)

Abbott-Smith

** ὀρέγω, [in Sm.: Jb 8:20, Ez 16:49*;]
to reach, stretch out; pass. and mid., to stretch oneself out, reach forth; metaph., to reach after, grasp at, aspire to: c. gen. rei, I Ti 3:1, He 11:16; φιλαργυρίας (v. Ellic. and CGT, in l.), I Ti 6:10.†
SYN.: ἐπιθυμέω, to desire (q.v.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὀρέγω,

[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and later Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ὤρεγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ὀρέξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ὤρεξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle and passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ὀρέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἐπ-): aorist ὠρεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ὠρέχθην[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ὤρεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; reduplicate 3rd.pers. plural ὀρωρέχαται, pluperfect -έχατο, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Cf. ὀρέγνυμι, ὀριγνάομαι:—reach, stretch, stretch out, χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ὅμηρον.., ἐφ᾽ ὃν πᾶσαι χεῖρ᾽ ὀρέγουσι πόλεις, to claim him, [Refs]

__2 reach out, hold out, hand, give, κοτύλην καὶ πύρνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later βοήθειαν ὀρέξαι τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις extend help, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II middle and passive,
__II.1 absolutely, stretch oneself out, stretch forth one's hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+]having lent a helping hand, [Refs]; ὀρεξαμένη ἀπὸ δίφρου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὠρέξατο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, χειρὶ σκαιῇ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔγχει ὀρεξάσθω let him lunge with the spear (from the chariot), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποσσὶν ὀρωρέχαται πολεμίζειν, of horses, they galloped to the fight, [Refs]; ὀρέξατ᾽ ἰών he stretched himself as he went, i.e. made a stride, [Refs]; ὀρωρέχατο προτὶ δειρήν were stretched out towards the neck, [Refs]; of fish, rise at the bait, καί τις τῶν τραφερῶν ὠρέξατο [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 with genitive, reach at or to a thing, grasp at, οὗ παιδὸς ὀρέξατο he reached out to his child, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in a hostile sense, aim at, assail, hit, τοῦ δ᾽ ἀντίθεος Θρασυμήδης ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος.. ὦμον hit him first on the shoulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δηΐων ὀρέγοιτ᾽ ἐγγύθεν ἱστάμενος [Refs 7th c.BC+]; also of a suppliant, τί χρῆμα θηρῶσ᾽ ἱκέτις ὠρέχθης ἐμο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.b metaphorically, reach after, grasp at, yearn for, γάμων [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: frequently in Attic dialect Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so with infinitive, πόλιν ὠρέξατ᾽ οἰκεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, absolutely, yearn, desire, πάσῃσιν ὀρέξαιτο πραπίδεσσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ὀρεκτός, ὄρεξις.
__II.3 with accusative, σῖτόν τ᾽ ὄρεξαι take food, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰώρημα διὰ δέρης ὀρέξομαι I will put the noose on my neck, [Refs]