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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄρχις ό̓ρχει ό̓ρχεις
Genitive ό̓ρχεως ό̓ρχοιν ό̓ρχεων
Dative ό̓ρχει ό̓ρχοιν ό̓ρχεσιν*
Accusative ό̓ρχιν ό̓ρχει ό̓ρχεις
Vocative ό̓ρχι ό̓ρχει ό̓ρχεις

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

  • οὐχ ὁμόψηφοι πάντεσ ἦσαν, ἀλλ’ οἱ μὲν ἠξίουν ἀποδύσαντασ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ τοὺσ ἀργυρωνήτουσ ἐπισκοπεῖν εἰ δύναται ^ φιλοσοφεῖν τά γε πρὸσ τῶν ὄρχεων· (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 12:1)
  • οὐκοῦν σε τὴν Κίρκην γε τὴν τὰ φάρμακ’ ἀνακυκῶσαν καὶ μαγγανεύουσαν μολύνουσάν τε τοὺσ ἑταίρουσ λαβόντεσ ὑπὸ φιληδίασ τὸν Λαρτίου μιμούμενοι τῶν ὄρχεων κρεμῶμεν, μινθώσομέν θ’ ὥσπερ τράγου τὴν ῥῖνα· (Aristophanes, Plutus, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2a1)
  • στᾶσ’ ἐγὼ παρέξω, κοὐ μή ποτ’ ἄλλη σου κύων τῶν ὄρχεων λάβηται. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Parodos, tetrameters15)
  • ὄρχεων δράσσεο χερσὶν ὅλαισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 203)

Synonyms

  1. testicle

  2. a type of olive

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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