ὄρρος

See also: ορρός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos. Cognates include Old Armenian ոռ (oṙ), Old Irish err, Old English ærs (English arse, ass), and perhaps Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (arraš).

Noun

ὄρρος (órrhos) m (genitive ὄρρου); second declension

  1. (vulgar) butt, ass
Inflection
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

ὄρρος (órrhos) m (genitive ὅρρου); second declension

  1. Megarian form of ὅρος (hóros)
Inflection

References

  • ὄρρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὄρρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὄρρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • rump idem, page 726.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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