Ὀρέστης
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
Oreste, fils d’Agamemnon et de Clytemnestre.
Étymologie: ὄρος.
English (Autenrieth)
Orestes.—(1) the son of Agamemnon, who having been reared at Athens returns to Mycēnae and slays Aegisthus, after the latter had reigned eight years. Clytaemnestra was slain at the same time. (See cut under ἕδρη, from a painting on an ancient Greek vase.) The murder of Agamemnon was thus avenged, and the throne restored to its rightful heir, Od. 3.306, Od. 11.461, Od. 1.30, , 2, δ , Il. 9.142, 284.—(2) a Greek slain by Hec. tor, Il. 5.705.—(3) a Trojan, slain by Leonteus, Il. 12.139, 193.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ὀρέστης: ου, эп. αο или εω, дор. Ὀρέστᾱς, ᾱ ὁ Орест (сын Агамемнона и Клитемнестры, друг Пилада, убийца матери из мести за отца) Hom., Trag. etc.
