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ὄρχις

ὄρχις, the testicles

ὄρχις, ιος and εως, ὁ, Att. nom. pl. ὄρχεις, Ion. ὄρχιες,
  • testicle, freq. in pl., testicles, Hdt. 4.109, Hp. Aër. 4, Eub. 63.4 (anap.), etc.; cf. ὄσχις.
      • 2 in females, ovaries, Gal. 2.810, al.
    • II plant so called from the form of its root, salep, Orchis papilionacea, and O. longicruris, Thphr. HP 9.18.3, Dsc. 3.126.
    • III ὄρχις, ἡ, a kind of olive, Colum. 5.8; cf. ὀρχάς (B). (Cf. Avest. arazi ‘testicles’.)

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