Lewis & Short

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† orchĭon, ii, n., = ὄρχις, testiculus, a plant, called also testiculata, App. Herb. 82.

† orchis, is, f., = ὄρχις

  1. I. A plant, a kind of olive, Col. 5, 8, 4; id. Arb. 17, 3; Pall. Febr. 18, 4.
  2. 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.

Orchus, i, m., = Orcus: Orchi traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.