ὀρχηθμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.kʰɛːtʰ.mós/ → /or.çiθˈmos/ → /or.çiθˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.kʰɛːtʰ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.kʰe̝tʰˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.çiθˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.çiθˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.çiθˈmos/

Noun

ὀρχηθμός • (orkhēthmós) m (genitive ὀρχηθμοῦ); second declension

1. (Epic) dance, dancing

   Synonyms: χορός (khorós), χορείᾱ (khoreíā), ὄρχησις (órkhēsis), ὀρχηστῡ́ς (orkhēstū́s)

Declension

Second declension of ὀρχηθμός; ὀρχηθμοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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