ὀρχηθμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.kʰɛːtʰ.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.kʰe̝tʰˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.çiθˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.çiθˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.çiθˈmos/
Noun
ὀρχηθμός • (orkhēthmós) m (genitive ὀρχηθμοῦ); second declension
- (Epic) dance, dancing
- Synonyms: χορός (khorós), χορείᾱ (khoreíā), ὄρχησις (órkhēsis), ὀρχηστῡ́ς (orkhēstū́s)
Declension
Second declension of ὀρχηθμός; ὀρχηθμοῦ (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὀρχηθμός orkhēthmós | ὀρχηθμώ orkhēthmṓ | ὀρχηθμοί orkhēthmoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | ὀρχηθμοῦ / ὀρχηθμοῖο / ὀρχηθμόο orkhēthmoû / orkhēthmoîo / orkhēthmóo | ὀρχηθμοῖῐν orkhēthmoîin | ὀρχηθμῶν orkhēthmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ὀρχηθμῷ orkhēthmôi | ὀρχηθμοῖῐν orkhēthmoîin | ὀρχηθμοῖσῐ / ὀρχηθμοῖσῐν / ὀρχηθμοῖς orkhēthmoîsi(n) / orkhēthmoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | ὀρχηθμόν orkhēthmón | ὀρχηθμώ orkhēthmṓ | ὀρχηθμούς orkhēthmoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀρχηθμέ orkhēthmé | ὀρχηθμώ orkhēthmṓ | ὀρχηθμοί orkhēthmoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀρχηθμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀρχηθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀρχηθμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὀρχηθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press