ὀρσοθύρη

ὀρσο-θύρη [ῠ], ἡ, prob.

• a door high up in the wall, Od. 22.126, 333; ἀνʼ ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίη ib. 132: sens. obsc., τῆς ὄπισθεν ὀ. Semon. 17 [where υ appears to be long]. (θύρα ἐν ὕψει τοῦ τοίχου, Phot., Suid., cf. the second explanation in Hsch.: a form ὀρσορόκα (acc. sg.) given by Apollod. ap. EM 633.57 sqq. is apptly. corrupt:— ὀρσοθύρη was derived in antiquity from ὀρούω, EM l.c., etc.: the true etym. is uncertain, but cf. ὄρρος, ὀρρόβηλος.)

ὀρσοθύρη, ἡ, wahrscheinlich eine Tür, zu der man auf Stufen, auf einer Treppe hinansteigt, eine Stufentür, Od. 22.126, 333, vgl. bes. 132, ἀνʼ ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίνειν ; nach den alten Erklärern θύρα τις ἐπίσημος, ὑψηλοτέραν πρόσβασιν ἔχουσα, auch ἐκτομὰς θύρα, διʼ ἧς εἰς ὑπερῷον ἀναβαίνουσιν ὀρούοντες ἐπʼ αὐτῆς. Auch Simon. bei EM. 634b.

ὀρσοθύρη

-ης, ἡ

[*ὄρσος = ὄρρος, rump + θύρη.]

A back or subsidiary door (in the passages cited app. giving access from the μέγαρον to the λαύρη) Od. 22.126, 132, 333.

ὀρσοθύρη (ὄρρος): back door, in the side wall of the menʼs hall (μέγαρον) of the house of Odysseus, leading into the passage (λαύρη), Od. 22.126, 132, 333. (See cut No. 83, and plate III., h, at end of vol.)

ὀρσοθύρη ὀρσο-θύρη (ῠ), ἡ,

• prob. a door approached by steps, a side-door, Od.