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ὀργ-εών

orgeon

member of a religious brotherhood

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What it meant

1. ὀργεών · orgeōn — Beekes

ὀργεών, also -(e)iwv, -ὥνος [m.] ‘member of a religious brotherhood’ (h. Ap. 389, Att.), with ὀργεωνικός (inscr.), from ὄργια with suppression of -ἰὰ after other nouns in -ewv (see on this topic Chantraine 1933: 163f,, Schwyzer: 521); positing a pre-form Ἐὄργος is unnecessary. *ETYM Traditionally interpreted as a derivative from the root of ἔργον, ἔρδω, with ovocalism like in » ὄργανον, etc. Alternatively, is it … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀργεών, p. 1149]

2. ὀργ-εών · org-eōn — LSJ

member of a religious association, priest

at Athens, member of a religious association, Is. 2.14, 16, al., Philoch. 94, IG 2(2).1252 (iv B. C.), etc.: poet., generally, for ἱερεύς, priest, A. Fr. 144 :—a poet. form ὀργειών (in codd. sts. ὀργιών), ῶνος, ὁ, is used by Antim. Eleg.Fr. 2, Hermesian. 7.19 : in acc. with ο for ω, ὀργίονας h.Ap. 389 codd. :—a gen. pl. ὀργέων Lys. Fr. 112 S. is prob. f.l. for ὀργεώνων :—a fem. pl. ὀργεῶναι, = ἱέρειαι, in Hsch. (The Att. stem ὀργεών- may come from ὀργηόν- of which acc. pl. ὀργηόνας (or its corru

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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