Ὄρπηξ

sapling

Translated by Catharine Roth18 May 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 26 words
Masculine.1 [Meaning a] shoot.2
From the [verb] o)rou/w ["I rush, I rise"]; or [as if they were] some kind of o)/rfhkes suitable for a roof [o)rofh/].3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὄρπηξ· ἀρσενικόν. κλάδος. παρὰ τὸ ὀρούω· ἢ ὄρφηκές τινες οἱ εἰς ὀροφὴν ἐπιτήδειοι.

Betacode
*)/orphc: a)rseniko/n. kla/dos. para\ to\ o)rou/w: h)\ o)/rfhke/s tines oi( ei)s o)rofh\n e)pith/deioi.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFS. ↩
  2. 2Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius omicron522 Theodoridis), and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 21.38 (where the accusative plural of this noun occurs: web address 1). ↩
  3. 3Orion [Author, Myth] 126, whence Etymologicum Magnum 633.1; cf. Apollonius the Sophist, Homeric Lexicon 123.10. ↩

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ο634Ὁρῶ σεI see youο635Ὁρῷτοmight seeο636Ὄρπηξsaplingο637Ὀρσοθύρηraised-doorο638Ὀρταλίχωνof chicks
Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Feb 2021
  1. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  2. another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. added link — Catharine Roth
  4. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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