- ὄρχαμος
- ὄρχαμοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: in Hom. only in the formula ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν, ἄρχαμε λαῶν, later ὄ. στρατοῦ (A. Pers. 129 [lyr.]).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Etymology and meaning debated. Of old (s. Curtius 189f.) often as `leader' derived from ἄρχω w. superlat. μο-suffix; the ο-vowel, if not from ablaut (e.g. ὄγμος : ἄγω), can be Aeolic (Kretschmer KZ 36, 268, Brugmann Grundr.2 II: 1, 226). Diff. Bechtel BB 30, 270 a. Lex. s.v. (agreeing a.o. Specht Ursprung 252 a. 255, Fraenkel KZ 72, 195): like ἔρκος Αχαιῶν as "protecting wall (of the men)" to ὄρχατος a. cogn. (s. ὄρχος). Still diff. (to ὄρχος `row') Wright ClassRev. 29, 111 f. - Furnée 342 thinks that ἀ-\/ὀ- (in ἄρχω) points to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,432
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.