Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρχίλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρχίλος

Sense

  1. the golden-crested wren

Examples

  • κἂν Διὶ θύῃ βασιλεῖ κριόν, βασιλεύσ ἐστ’ ὀρχίλοσ ὄρνισ, ᾧ προτέρῳ δεῖ τοῦ Διὸσ αὐτοῦ σέρφον ἐνόρχην σφαγιάζειν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme11)

Synonyms

  1. the golden-crested wren

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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