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1 ὄρχις
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `testicles' (IA.); also as a plant name `orchis, orchid' (because of the root's shape; Thphr., Dsc.), `sort of olive' (after the fruit's shape; Colum.; Strömberg 37 a. 55).Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὀρχί-πεδα n. pl. `scrota, testicles' (Ar.; cf. Risch IF 59, 15) with - πεδίζω (Ar., H.); ἔν-ορχις `provided with testicles, uncastrated' (Hdt., Luc.), also ἔν-ορχ-ος (Ψ 147, Hp.; on the stemfomation Sommer Nominalkomp. 111 f.), ἐν-όρχ-ης also `buck' (Ar., Arist., Theoc.; - ης substantiv., Schwyzer 451), - ής (MiletosVIa, with shift to the σ-stems, Schw. 513).Derivatives: Dimin. ὀρχίδια pl. n. (Dsc.) and ὀρχάς, - άδος f. `sort of olive' (Nic., Verg.; like κοτινάς a.o., Chantraine Form. 353).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [782] *h₃erǵʰ- `testicle'.Etymology: Old inherited word, in several languages retained. With ὄρχις agree, ignoring enlargements, Arm. orj-ik` pl. `testicles', gen. -woc̣ (IE *orǵhi-i̯o-), Alb. herdhë f. `id.', MIr. uirgge f. `id.' (both IE *orghi-i̯ā?); only in ablaut deviates Av. ǝrǝzi m. du. `id.' (IE *r̥ǵhī). An l-deriv. has Balt., e.g. Lith. er̃žilas, dial. ar̃ž- m. `stallion'. -- Details e. lit. in WP. 1, 182f., Pok. 782, Fraenkel Wb. s.v.Page in Frisk: 2,433-434Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὄρχις
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orchis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, orchid, from Greek, testicle, orchid; akin to Middle Irish uirgge testicle Date: 1562 orchid; especially any of a genus (Orchis) of orchids with fleshy roots and a spurred lip … New Collegiate Dictionary
όρχις — (I) ὄρχις, εως, ἡ (Α) είδος ελιάς, αλλ. ορχάς. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Μεταπλασμένος τ. τού ὄρχις (II) με αλλαγή γένους. Το είδος αυτό ονομάστηκε έτσι λόγω τού σχήματος τών καρπών του]. (II) ο (ΑΜ ὄρχις, εως, Α ιων. γεν. ιος) 1. καθένας από τους γεννητικούς… … Dictionary of Greek
orchid — (n.) 1845, introduced by John Lindley in School Botanty, from Mod.L. Orchideæ (Linnaeus), the plant s family name, from L. orchis, a kind of orchid, from Gk. orkhis (gen. orkheos) orchid, lit. testicle, from PIE *orghi , the standard root for… … Etymology dictionary
orĝhi-, r̥ĝhi- — orĝhi , r̥ĝhi English meaning: testicle Deutsche Übersetzung: “Hode” Grammatical information: m. Note: From Root ergh : “to shake, tremble, *evil, lustful” derived Root orĝhi , r̥ĝhi : “testicle” (hence a taboo word)… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
