ὀρθόκερως
ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει → one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess
English (LSJ)
-ωτος, ὁ, ἡ, straight-horned, βοῦς A. Fr. 74.2; upright-horned, ἔλαφος Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7 p. 4; ὀ. φρίκη horror which makes the hair stand up like horns, S. Fr. 875; Poll. 2.31, Hsch., and Phot. explain it by ὀρθόθριξ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 374] ωτος, mit graden Hörnern (?); – φρίκη ὀρθ., die Haare wie Hörner grade in die Höhe sträubender Schauder, Soph. frg. 922; vgl. Poll. 2, 31, der es ὀρθόθριξ erkl.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρθόκερως: -ωτος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἔχων ὄρθια κέρατα, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λ. κορωνός· ὀρθ. φρίκη, ἥτις ὀρθοῖ τὰς τρίχας τινὸς ὥστε νὰ ἵστανται ὡς κέρατα, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 922· ὁ Πολυδ. Β΄, 31 καὶ ὁ Φώτ. ἑρμηνεύουσιν αὐτὸ διὰ τοῦ ὀρθόθριξ.
