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|Full diacritics=Ὀρχομενός
|Medium diacritics=Ὀρχομενός
|Low diacritics=Ορχομενός
|Capitals=ΟΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ
|Transliteration A=Orchomenós
|Transliteration B=Orchomenos
|Transliteration C=Orchomenos
|Beta Code=*)orxomeno/s
|Definition=ὁ, also ἡ (<span class="bibl">Th.1.113</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.257</span>), the name of several Greek cities, the most famous of which was <b class="b3">Ὀρχομενὸς Μινύειος</b> in Boeotia, <span class="bibl">Il.2.511</span>, etc.:—Adj. Ὀρχομένιος, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.16</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span> 519.7 (Aegium, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Str.9.2.40</span> :—hence Ὀρχομενίζω, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">side with the Orchomenians</b>, <span class="bibl">Hellanic.81</span> J. (but perh. not Hellanic.).—The old Boeot. form was Ἐρχ-, and this is found in Inscrr. and on coins to the time of Alexander, <span class="title">SIG</span>60 (v B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>7.3166, al., <b class="b2">BMus.Cat.Coins Central Greece</b> p.54: the Arcadian Orchomenians are similarly Ἐρχομένιοι <span class="title">SIG</span>31.12 (Delph., v B. C.), Ἐρχομίνιοι <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).343 (Orchom. Arc., iv B. C.).</span>
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