ὄρχις

See also: όρχις

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃erǵʰi-. Cognates include Old Armenian որձիք (orjikʿ, “testicles”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌‎ (ǝrǝzi), Hittite arkiš, Albanian herdhe, and Irish uirge

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

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.