ὀρσοθύρη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ἡ, prob. a [[door]] [[high]] up in the [[wall]], Od. 22.126,333; ἀν' ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίη ib.132 : sens. obsc., τῆς ὄπισθεν ὀ. Semon.17 [where υ appears to be long]. (θύρα ἐν ὕψει τοῦ τοίχου, Phot., Suid., cf. the second explanation in Hsch.: a form [[ὀρσορόκα]] (acc. sg.) given by Apollod. ap. EM633.57 sqq. is apptly. corrupt:— [[ὀρσοθύρη]] was derived in antiquity from [[ὀρούω]], EM l. c., etc.: the true etym. is uncertain, but cf. [[ὄρρος]], [[ὀρρόβηλος]].)