ὄρχις

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See also: όρχις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis. Cognates include Old Armenian որձիք (orjikʻ, “testicles”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌 (ərəzi), Hittite (arkiš), Albanian herdhe, and Irish uirghe.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄρχις • (órkhis) m or f (genitive ὄρχεως or ὄρχῐος); third declension

  1. (masculine, often plural) testicle
  2. (masculine) ovary
  3. (feminine) orchid
  4. (feminine) a type of olive

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ὄρχῐς; τοῦ, τῆς ὄρχεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ ὄρχῐς
ho, hē órkhis 		τὼ ὄρχει
tṑ órkhei 		οἱ, αἱ ὄρχεις
hoi, hai órkheis
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς ὄρχεως
toû, tês órkheōs 		τοῖν ὀρχέοιν
toîn orkhéoin 		τῶν ὄρχεων
tôn órkheōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ ὄρχει
tôi, têi órkhei 		τοῖν ὀρχέοιν
toîn orkhéoin 		τοῖς, ταῖς ὄρχεσῐ / ὄρχεσῐν
toîs, taîs órkhesi(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν ὄρχῐν
tòn, tḕn órkhin 		τὼ ὄρχει
tṑ órkhei 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ὄρχεις
toùs, tā̀s órkheis
Vocative ὄρχῐ
órkhi 		ὄρχει
órkhei 		ὄρχεις
órkheis
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: ὀρχίδιον (orkhídion)
  • → Greek: όρχις m (órchis)
  • → Latin: orchis (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: orchi-
  • → Italian: orchi-

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