"ὄρχος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὄρχος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ór.kʰos/, /ˈor.xos/, /ˈor.xos/, /ór.kʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈor.kʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈor.xos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈor.xos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈor.xos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally connected to Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”) and its descendants, like Lithuanian veržiù (“to fence in, string”), Old Norse virgill (“snare”) and Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). However, this is semantically untenable, because the meaning of this word would be "fence, enclosure". The connection with Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós) is commonly accepted. As there is no Indo-European etymology, it seems more probable that the word is Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-pro|*werǵʰ-|t=bind, wind together}} Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”), {{cog|lt|veržiù||to fence in, string}} Lithuanian veržiù (“to fence in, string”), {{cog|non|virgill||snare}} Old Norse virgill (“snare”), {{cog|gem-pro|*wurgijaną||to strangle}} Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὄρχου|m|second}} ὄρχος • (órkhos) m (genitive ὄρχου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὄρχος|ου}} Forms: órkhos [romanization], ὄρχου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ὄρχος [nominative, singular], τὼ ὄρχω [dual, nominative], οἱ ὄρχοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὄρχου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὄρχοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὄρχων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὄρχῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὄρχοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὄρχοις [dative, plural], τὸν ὄρχον [accusative, singular], τὼ ὄρχω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ὄρχους [accusative, plural], ὄρχε [singular, vocative], ὄρχω [dual, vocative], ὄρχοι [plural, vocative]
  1. row of vines or fruit trees Categories (topical): Horticulture Categories (lifeform): Trees Derived forms: ὀρχάς (orkhás), ὄρχατος (órkhatos), ὀρχηδόν (orkhēdón), ὀρχμαί (orkhmaí), ὀρχμούς (orkhmoús), Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós), ὀρχός (orkhós)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*werǵʰ-",
        "t": "bind, wind together"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "veržiù",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to fence in, string"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian veržiù (“to fence in, string”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "virgill",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snare"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse virgill (“snare”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wurgijaną",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to strangle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Traditionally connected to Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”) and its descendants, like Lithuanian veržiù (“to fence in, string”), Old Norse virgill (“snare”) and Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). However, this is semantically untenable, because the meaning of this word would be \"fence, enclosure\". The connection with Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós) is commonly accepted. As there is no Indo-European etymology, it seems more probable that the word is Pre-Greek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "órkhos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ὄρχος",
      "roman": "ho órkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄρχω",
      "roman": "tṑ órkhō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ὄρχοι",
      "roman": "hoi órkhoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ὄρχου",
      "roman": "toû órkhou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄρχοιν",
      "roman": "toîn órkhoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ὄρχων",
      "roman": "tôn órkhōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ὄρχῳ",
      "roman": "tôi órkhōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄρχοιν",
      "roman": "toîn órkhoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ὄρχοις",
      "roman": "toîs órkhois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ὄρχον",
      "roman": "tòn órkhon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄρχω",
      "roman": "tṑ órkhō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ὄρχους",
      "roman": "toùs órkhous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχε",
      "roman": "órkhe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχω",
      "roman": "órkhō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχοι",
      "roman": "órkhoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄρχου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "ὄρχος • (órkhos) m (genitive ὄρχου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄρχος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Horticulture",
          "orig": "grc:Horticulture",
          "parents": [
            "Agriculture",
            "Botany",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "grc:Trees",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "orkhás",
          "word": "ὀρχάς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "órkhatos",
          "word": "ὄρχατος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "orkhēdón",
          "word": "ὀρχηδόν"
        },
        {
          "roman": "orkhmaí",
          "word": "ὀρχμαί"
        },
        {
          "roman": "orkhmoús",
          "word": "ὀρχμούς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Orkhomenós",
          "word": "Ὀρχομενός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "orkhós",
          "word": "ὀρχός"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "row of vines or fruit trees"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄρχος-grc-noun-TYxgZo67",
      "links": [
        [
          "row",
          "row"
        ],
        [
          "vine",
          "vine"
        ],
        [
          "fruit tree",
          "fruit tree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ór.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ór.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄρχος"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "orkhás",
      "word": "ὀρχάς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "órkhatos",
      "word": "ὄρχατος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "orkhēdón",
      "word": "ὀρχηδόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "orkhmaí",
      "word": "ὀρχμαί"
    },
    {
      "roman": "orkhmoús",
      "word": "ὀρχμούς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Orkhomenós",
      "word": "Ὀρχομενός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "orkhós",
      "word": "ὀρχός"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*werǵʰ-",
        "t": "bind, wind together"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "veržiù",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to fence in, string"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian veržiù (“to fence in, string”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "virgill",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snare"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse virgill (“snare”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wurgijaną",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to strangle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Traditionally connected to Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”) and its descendants, like Lithuanian veržiù (“to fence in, string”), Old Norse virgill (“snare”) and Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). However, this is semantically untenable, because the meaning of this word would be \"fence, enclosure\". The connection with Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós) is commonly accepted. As there is no Indo-European etymology, it seems more probable that the word is Pre-Greek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "órkhos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ὄρχος",
      "roman": "ho órkhos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄρχω",
      "roman": "tṑ órkhō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ὄρχοι",
      "roman": "hoi órkhoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ὄρχου",
      "roman": "toû órkhou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄρχοιν",
      "roman": "toîn órkhoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ὄρχων",
      "roman": "tôn órkhōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ὄρχῳ",
      "roman": "tôi órkhōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ὄρχοιν",
      "roman": "toîn órkhoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ὄρχοις",
      "roman": "toîs órkhois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ὄρχον",
      "roman": "tòn órkhon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὄρχω",
      "roman": "tṑ órkhō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ὄρχους",
      "roman": "toùs órkhous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχε",
      "roman": "órkhe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχω",
      "roman": "órkhō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄρχοι",
      "roman": "órkhoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄρχου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "ὄρχος • (órkhos) m (genitive ὄρχου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὄρχος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Horticulture",
        "grc:Trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "row of vines or fruit trees"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "row",
          "row"
        ],
        [
          "vine",
          "vine"
        ],
        [
          "fruit tree",
          "fruit tree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ór.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ór.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄρχος"
}

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