ὄρχις

See also: όρχις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis. Cognates include Old Armenian որձիք (orjikʻ, “testicles”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌 (ərəzi), Hittite [script needed] (arkiš), Albanian herdhe, and Irish uirghe.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὄρχις • (órkhis) m or f (genitive ὄρχεως or ὄρχῐος); third declension

  1. (masculine, often plural) testicle
  2. (masculine) ovary
  3. (feminine) orchid
  4. (feminine) a type of olive

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ὄρχῐς; τοῦ, τῆς ὄρχεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ ὄρχῐς
ho, hē órkhis		 τὼ ὄρχει
tṑ órkhei		 οἱ, αἱ ὄρχεις
hoi, hai órkheis
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς ὄρχεως
toû, tês órkheōs		 τοῖν ὀρχέοιν
toîn orkhéoin		 τῶν ὄρχεων
tôn órkheōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ ὄρχει
tôi, têi órkhei		 τοῖν ὀρχέοιν
toîn orkhéoin		 τοῖς, ταῖς ὄρχεσῐ / ὄρχεσῐν
toîs, taîs órkhesi(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν ὄρχῐν
tòn, tḕn órkhin		 τὼ ὄρχει
tṑ órkhei		 τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ὄρχεις
toùs, tā̀s órkheis
Vocative ὄρχῐ
órkhi		 ὄρχει
órkhei		 ὄρχεις
órkheis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ὀρχίδιον (orkhídion)
  • ὀρχιπεδίζω (orkhipedízō)

Descendants
  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: ὀρχίδιον (orkhídion)
  • → Greek: όρχις m (órchis)
  • → Latin: orchis (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: orchi-
  • → Italian: orchi-

Further reading
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