ὀρχηδόν
From LSJ
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
Adv., (ὄρχος)
A in a row, one after another, man by man, λάξεσθαι Hdt.7.144 ; wrongly explained as = ἄνδρας καὶ παῖδας, γυναῖκας δὲ οὔ, Sch.Aristid.3.597,599 D.; also, = ἡβηδόν, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 389] der Reihe nach, Mann für Mann, Her. 7, 144.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρχηδόν: Ἐπίρρ. (ὄρχος) καθ’ ἕνα ἕκαστον ἄνδρα, κατ’ ἄνδρα, κατὰ κεφαλήν, Λατ. viritim, Ἡρόδ. 7. 144· ὡς τὸ ἡβηδὸν καὶ τὸ Ὁμηρ. ἀνδρακάς, πρβλ. Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστείδ. 3. 597, 599.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
par rangées, homme par homme.
Étymologie: ὄρχος, -δον.
