ὄρχις,ιοςandεως,ὁ, Att. nom. pl.ὄρχεις,
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,andO. longicruris,
Thphr. HP 9.18.3 , Dsc. 3.126 .
III. ὄρχις,ἡ,a kind ofolive,Colum. 5.8 ; cf.ὀρχάς(B). (Cf. Avest.arazi'testicles'.)