1. ὄρχαμος · orchamos — Beekes
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ὄρχαμος
orchamos
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What it meant
2. ὄρχαμος · orchamos — Chantraine
3. ὄρχαμος · orchamos — Frisk
4. ὄρχαμος · orchamos — Frisk
5. ὄρχᾰμος · orchamos — LSJ
leader, chief, early Ep. only in the phrases ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν Il. 2.837, al., Hes. Fr. 96.12, ὄρχαμε λαῶν Il. 14.102, al.; the former applied to the swineherd Eumaeus, Od. 14.22, 121, and the cowherd Philoetius, 20.185, 254.—Ep. word, used once by A., ὄ. στρατοῦ Pers. 129 (lyr.); ὄρχαμε τ[όξου] IG 1(2).516: in late Poetry without a gen., AP 11.284 (Pall.).
In the wild
- ὀρχάμῳ · orchamōi Aeschylus, Persians 126–132
- ὄρχαμος · orchamos Iliad 12.110
- ὄρχαμε · orchame Iliad 14.102
- ὄρχαμε · orchame Iliad 17.12
- ὄρχαμε · orchame Iliad 19.289
- ὄρχαμος · orchamos Iliad 2.837
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄρχαμος (scan p. 1166; entry #4680).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄρχαμος (scan p. 847; entry #6077).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄρχαμος (scan p. 1404; entry #4358).
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