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ὄρχις

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρχις ὄρχεως

Structure: ὀρχι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (masculine, often plural) testicle
  2. (masculine) ovary
  3. (masculine) orchid
  4. (feminine) a type of olive

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῖσ δὲ παιδίοισιν ὕδρωπεσ ἐγγίνονται ἐν τοῖσιν ὄρχεσιν, ἑώσ μικρὰ ᾖ‧ ἔπειτα προϊούσησ τῆσ ἡλικίησ ἀφανί ζονται‧ ἡβῶσί τε ὀψὲ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ πόλει. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , iv.15)

Synonyms

  1. testicle

  2. a type of olive

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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