- ὄρδ\<η\>μα
- ὄρδ\<η\>μαGrammatical information: n.Meaning: ἡ τολύπη τῶν ἐρίων, ὄρδικον τὸν χιτωνίσκον. Πάριοι H.Other forms: or (\<ι\> or \<ω\>?)Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: In Greek isolated; as verbal noun to Lat. ordior `begin a web, start' etc.; s. WP. 1, 76, Pok. 60, W.-Hofmann s.v. w. lit. (after Fick a.o.). Here ὠρδυλεσά-μην ἐμόχθησα H.(?), from ὀρδυλεύω, *ὄρδυλος, -ύλη as in κόνδυλος, κορδύλη a.o.; cf. τολυπεύειν, also = μοχθεῖν. - The etymology seems to me quite uncertain.Page in Frisk: 2,412
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