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LNS

Orchomenos, Orchomenī

Orchomenus, Orchomenos, Orchomenon, Orchomenum

Ὀρχόμενος

noun (c., 3^rd Greek declension)

The son of Athamas and Themisto
A city in Baeotia
A city in Thessaly

Abbreviations

Orchomenus or -os, i, m. or f. (and -on or -um, i, n.), = Ὀρχόμενος. The son of Athamas and Themisto, Hyg. Fab. 1.

— A city in Baeotia, Caes. B. C. 3, 55; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.

— A city in Thessaly: Minyius, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.

—Hence, Orchomenius, a, um, adj., = Ὀρχομένιος, Orchomenian: lacus, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: calamus, id. 16, 36, 66, § 164.

—Plur subst.: Orchomenii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Orchomenos, the Orchomenians, Nep. Lys. 3, 4; Just. 11, 3.

— A city in Arcadia, Liv. 32, 5: sub Orchomenon, Ov, M. 5, 607: Orchomenum, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.