- ὄρρος
- ὄρροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `rump, arse' (Ar.), `end of the os sacrum' (Gal.).Compounds: As 1. member in ὀρρο-πύγ-ιον, Ion. ὀρσο-, s. πυγή. As 2. member in παλίν-ορσος `moving back' (Γ 33, Emp.; -ρρ- Ar. Ach. 1179), s. Wackernagel Unt. 226; prob. also in ἄψορρος, s. v.Derivatives: ὀρρώδης `belonging to the rump' (Hp., Gal.), ὀρροχμόν ἔσχατον, ἄκρον H., after νεο-χμός(?), s.v. and Belardi Doxa 3, 216f. w. lit. (wrong Specht KZ 66, 199f.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [340] *h₁ers-, *h₁ors- `hindmost'Etymology: Old inherited expression for `hindmost', which was avoided by the epic for its status (Wackernagel Unt. 224 ff.), identical with Germ., e.g. OHG ars 'Arsch', Arm. oṙ, pl. oṙ-k` (i-st.): IE *ors-o-, *ors-i-; besides OIr. err `tail' \< *h₁ersā. Phönetically unclear is Hitt. arraš `hindmost'; uncertain hypothesis by Neumann KZ 77, 79ff. (w. lit.). Against ὄρρος from *ὄρσος Forbes Glotta 36, 264ff. -- The word can be understood as enlargement of an s-stem *or(o)s-, *er(o)s- `elevation' and can then belong closely together with ὄρος `mountain' (s.v.). Further lit. in Bq, WP. 1, 138, Pok. 340. -- Cf. ὀρσοθύρη and οὑρά.Page in Frisk: 2,427
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.