† orchis, is, f., = ὄρχις
- I. A plant, a kind of olive, Col. 5, 8, 4; id. Arb. 17, 3; Pall. Febr. 18, 4.
- II. Another plant, so called from the shape of its roots, the orchis: mirabilis est orchis herba, sive serapias, gemina radice testiculis simili, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 95.