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ὄρχος

orchos

row of vines or fruit trees

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1. ὄρχος · orchos — Beekes

ὄρχος [m.] ‘row of vines or fruit trees’ (η 127, ὦ 341, Hes. Sc. 296, B., Ar. X., Thphr.). *VAR ὀρχός [m.] ‘border of the eyelid, tapodc’ (Poll. 2, 69); ὀρχάς: περίβολος, αἱμασιά ‘enclosure, wall (H.), ὀρχάδος στέγης (S. Fr. 812); ὀρχηδόν (Hdt. 7, 144) is explained by H. as ἡβηδόν ‘from youth upwards’, but usually as ‘in a row, general’. *DER ὄρχατος [m.] ‘ordered plantation, garden’ (1) 112, w 222, AP), … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄρχος, p. 1167]

2. ὄρχος · orchos — Chantraine

ὄρχος : τὰ. rangée de vignes ou ἃ ἌΓΟΓΘΒ fruitiers, le plus souvent au pl. (Od. 7,127; 24,341, Hés., Bouclier 296, B., Ar., Thphr.), ὀρχός m. « bord de la paupière », ταρσός (Poll. 2,68), ὀρχάς * περίδολος, αἱμασιά (Hsch.), «qui enclôt » dans ὀρχάδος στέγης (S., fr. 812). Doublet dérivé : ὄρχατος «jardin avec des arbres » Od. 7,112; 24,222, AP), au pl. « jardin, rangées d'arbres ou de vignes » (ZI, 13,123, E., fr. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄρχος, p. 848]

3. ὄρχος · orchos — Frisk

ὄρχος m. “Reihe von Weinstöcken od. Obstbäumen’ (n 127, — [Frisk, s.v. ὄρχος, p. 1406]

4. ὄρχος · orchos — LSJ

a row of vines, fruit-trees

a row of vines or fruit-trees, παρὰ νείατον ὄ. Od. 7.127, cf. 24.341, Hes. Sc. 296 ; ὄρχους ἐπέκειρεν ὀδόντι, of a boar, B. 5.108 ; ἀμπελίδος ὄ. Ar. Ach. 995 ; ἡμερίδων ὄρχους IG 14.1389 ii 23 ; οὐκ ὀρθῶς τοὺς ὄ. ἐφύτευσεν X. Oec. 20.3 ; φυτεύουσι . . αὐτὸ κατʼ ὄρχους Thphr. HP 4.4.8.

II rim of eyelid

ὀρχός, = ταρσός, rim of eyelid, Poll. 2.69. (Wrongly derived by Sch. Theoc. 1.48 from ὀρύσσω and glossed by βόθρος.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄρχος (scan pp. 1167-1168; entry #4684). Root candidates: *uerg’-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄρχος (scan p. 848; entry #6085).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄρχος (scan p. 1406; entry #4363).

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