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Headword:
*)orxa/tois
Adler number: omicron,667
Translated headword: in rows
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [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:*)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.
Notes:
The twin headwords, in the dative plural, are evidently quoted from somewhere.
[1] Likewise 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.
[2] For this dubious etymology, based on the similarity between
orx- and
erx-, see also Orion [
Author,
Myth] 113.29 and
Etymologicum Magnum 634.38.
Translated by: John Dant on 20 August 2010@23:17:06.
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