Orchomenus
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ὀρχομενός, ὁ or ἡ.
of Orchomenus, adj.: Ὀρχομένιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Orchŏmĕnus: or -os, i, m. or f. (and -on or -um, i, n.), = Ὀρχομενός.
I The son of Athamas and Themisto, Hyg. Fab. 1.—
II A city in Bœotia, Caes. B. C. 3, 55; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.—
III A city in Thessaly: Minyius, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence,
B Orchŏmĕnĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀρχομένιος, Orchomenian: lacus, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: calamus, id. 16, 36, 66, § 164.—Plur subst.: Orchŏmĕnii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Orchomenos, the Orchomenians, Nep. Lyt. 3, 4; Just. 11, 3.—
A city in Arcadia, Liv. 32, 5: sub Orchomenon, Ov, M. 5, 607: Orchomenum, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.
