- ὄρχις
- ὄρχις, ιος and εως, ὁ, [dialect] Att. nom. pl. ὄρχεις, [dialect] Ion. ὄρχιες,A 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. HP9.18.3, Dsc.3.126.III ὄρχις, ἡ, a kind of olive, Colum.5.8; cf. ὀρχάς (B). (Cf. Avest. arazi 'testicles'.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.