1. ὄρχις · orchis — Beekes
testicles
The corpus record
ὄρχις
orchis
testicles
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Distribution
- Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
- Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
- On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
- Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. ὄρχις · orchis — Chantraine
olive, d
3. ὄρχις · orchis — Frisk
Hoden
4. ὄρχις · orchis — LSJ
testicle, testicles, ovaries
Attestations
- ὄρχιες · orchies Herodotus, Histories 4.109.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4750)
- ὄρχεις · orcheis Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 1.15 (DIORISIS sentence 54)
- ὄρχεις · orcheis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 547)
- ὄρχεις · orcheis Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 772)
- ὄρχεις · orcheis Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 538)
- ὄρχεων · orcheōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 362 (DIORISIS sentence 266)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1167; entry #4683 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 847-848; entry #6083 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1405-1406; entry #4362 Review: Under source audit
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