ορροπύγιον

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χωρίον ἔνθα οὐ προσβατὸν θανάτῳ → a spot where it is not accessible to death, a place where was no point accessible by death, a place where death was forbidden to set foot

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Greek Monolingual

ὀρροπύγιον και οὐροπύγιον και ιων. τ. ὀρσοπύγιον, τὸ (Α)
1. το κάτω άκρο του οστού του κόκκυγος, ιδίως τών πτηνών, όπου φυτρώνουν τα φτερά της ουράς
2. η ουρά ή ο γλουτός κάθε ζώου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὄρρος «το άκρο του ιερού οστού» + -πύγιον (< πυγή «γλουτός»), πρβλ. ορθο-πύγιον].