ὄρχις
νήπιοι, οἷς ταύτῃ κεῖται νόος, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὡς χρόνος ἔσθ᾿ ἥβης καὶ βιότου ὀλίγος θνητοῖς. ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα μαθὼν βιότου ποτὶ τέρμα ψυχῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τλῆθι χαριζόμενος → fools, to think like that and not realise that mortals' time for youth and life is brief: you must take note of this, and since you are near the end of your life endure, indulging yourself with good things | Poor fools they to think so and not to know that the time of youth and life is but short for such as be mortal! Wherefore be thou wise in time, and fail not when the end is near to give thy soul freely of the best.
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὄρχις: -ιος καὶ -εως, ὁ, Ἀττ. ὀνομαστ. πληθ. ὄρχεις, Ἰων. ὄρχιες, ὡς καὶ νῦν, κοινῶς «ἀρχῖδι», πληθ. ἀρχίδια», Ἡρόδ. 4. 109, Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 282, κτλ.· πρβλ. ὄσχις. ΙΙ. φυτόν τι οὕτω καλούμενον ἐκ τοῦ σχήματος τῶν ῥιζῶν αὐτοῦ, Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Ἱστ. 9. 18, 3, Διοσκ. 3. 141. ΙΙΙ. ὄρχις, ἡ, εἶδος ἐλαίας, Columella· ἴδε ὀρχάς.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ιος, att. –εως (ὁ) ; plur. -ιες, att. -εις;
testicule.
Étymologie: DELG arm. orjik.
Greek Monotonic
ὄρχις: -ιος και -εως, Αττ. ονομ. πληθ. ὄρχεις, Ιων. ὄρχιες, ο ανδρικός γεννητικός αδένας, σε Ηρόδ.
