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ὀρχίλος

orchilos

wren

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Where it lives

Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k

What it meant

1. ὀρχίλος · orchilos — Beekes

ὀρχίλος [m.] name of a small bird, probably ‘wren’ (Ar, Arist., Thphr.); details in Thompson 1895 s.v. «Ὁ» *VAR On the accent Schwyzer: 485; also -thoc (mss.). *ETYM Formation like κορθ-, τροχ-ίλος, etc. perhaps from ὀρχέομαι because of the liveliness of the bird. Unclear. — [Beekes, s.v. ὀρχίλος, p. 1167]

2. ὀρχίλος · orchilos — Frisk

ὀρχίλος (zum Akz. Schwyzer 485; Hss. auch -ıAog) m. N. eines kleinen Vogels, wohl “"Zaunkönig’ (Ar., Arist., Thphr. u.a.); Einzelheiten bei Thompson s.v. — Bildung wie πορϑ-, τροχίλος u.a. (Schwyzer a.O., Chantraine Form. 249); viell. zu ὀρχέομαι wegen der Lebhaftigkeit des Vogels (ähnlich Robert, 5. Bag). — [Frisk, s.v. ὀρχίλος, p. 1405]

3. ὀρχίλος · orchilos — LSJ

wren

a bird, prob. wren (cf. τροχίλος), Ar. Av. 568, V. 1513, Arat. 1025 ; a bird of ill omen at weddings, Euph. 4; in Arist. HA 609a12, Thphr. Sign. 39, 53, proparox. ὄρχιλος.

In the wild

ὀρχίλος · orchilos Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 462)
ὀρχίλων · orchilōn Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 1108)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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