ὀρύσσω

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ὄρχος

Transliteration (Word)

orkhos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

orussō

Author

Apollonius Soph.

Century

1 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Lexicon homericum, p. 123

Ed.

I. Bekker, Apollonii Sophistae lexicon Homericum, Berlin, 1833

Quotation

ὄρχος ἡ ἐπίστιχος φυτεία ἢ ἡ κηπεία· ὅντινα ἐτυμολογοῦσι παρὰ τὸ ὀρωρύχθαι τὴν γῆν. ὁ βόθρος, οἱονεὶ ὄρυχός τις ὤν, εἰς ὃν καταβάλλεται τὸ φυτόν.

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