Ὀρχάτοις

in rows

Translated by John Dant20 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

[o)rxa/tois] and o)/rxois: [meaning] in lines of vines, or of other plants.¹
From the [fact that] the ranks of plants go [e)rxesqai] through them.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀρχάτοις καὶ Ὄρχοις· στίχοις ἀμπέλων, ἢ ἑτέρων φυτῶν. παρὰ τὸ ἔρχεσθαι δι' αὐτῶν τὰς τάξεις τῶν φυτῶν.

Betacode

*)orxa/tois kai\ *)/orxois: sti/xois a)mpe/lwn, h)\ e(te/rwn futw=n. para\ to\ e)/rxesqai di' au)tw=n ta\s ta/ceis tw=n futw=n.

The twin headwords, in the dative plural, are evidently quoted from somewhere.
1Likewise in other lexica (references at Photius omicron541 Theodoridis), and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 7.112 and 24.340, and to Iliad 14.123. ↩
2For this dubious etymology, based on the similarity between orx- and erx-, see also Orion [Author, Myth] 113.29 and Etymologicum Magnum 634.38. ↩

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Feb 2021

13 Feb 2021cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
20 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2013adjustments; raised status — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2010augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2010Translated — John Dant