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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /or.kʰɛːtʰ.mós/ → /or.çiθˈmos/ → /or.çiθˈmos/
Noun
ὀρχηθμός • (orkhēthmós) m (genitive ὀρχηθμοῦ); second declension
- (Epic) dance, dancing
- Synonyms: χορός (khorós), χορείᾱ (khoreíā), ὄρχησις (órkhēsis), ὀρχηστῡ́ς (orkhēstū́s)
Declension
Further reading
- “ὀρχηθμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀρχηθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀρχηθμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὀρχηθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press