The corpus record

ὀρροπύγιον

orropugion · τό

rump, tail

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Where it lives

Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k

What it meant

ὀρροπύγιον · orropygion — LSJ

rump, tail, rump

rump of birds, in which the tail-feathers are set, Arist. HA 504a32, 618b33, al. (with vv. ll. οὐροπ-, ὀροπ-, cf. τοὐροπ- in Phld. Rh. 2.189 S., but ὀρροπ- is certain in IG 2(2).1498.27 (Athens, iv B. C.)); of the sepia, Arist. HA 525a12 : generally, tail, rump of any animal, Ar. V. 1075, Nu. 162.

In the wild

τοὐρροπύγιον · tourropygion Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 130)
τοὐρροπυγίου · tourropygiou Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 133)
τοὐρροπύγιον · tourropygion Aristophanes, Wasps 1075 (DIORISIS sentence 785)

Where it came from

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