ὄρχις

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English (LSJ)

ιος and εως, ὁ, Att. nom. pl. ὄρχεις, Ion. ὄρχιες,

   A testicle, freq. in pl., testicles, Hdt.4.109, Hp.Aër.4, Eub.63.4 (anap.), etc. ; cf. ὄσχις.    2 in females, ovaries, Gal.2.810, al.    II plant so called from the form of its root, salep, Orchis papilionacea, and O. longicruris, Thphr. HP9.18.3, Dsc.3.126.    III ὄρχις, ἡ, a kind of olive, Colum.5.8; cf. ὀρχάς (B). (Cf. Avest. arazi 'testicles'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 390] ιος u. εως, ὁ, plur. att. οἱ ὄρχεις, Soph. frg. 549, Ar. Nubb. 702 u. öfter, ion. ὄρχιες, – 1) die Hode, Her. 4, 109 u. Sp. – 2) eine Pflanze mit hodenförmigen Wurzelknollen, Theophr. u. Diosc. – Auch eine Olivenart, vgl. ὀρχάς.