ὀρσοθύρη
orsothyre
a door high up in the wall
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀρσοθύρη [ῠ], ἡ, prob.
‹ All lexicon entries a door high up in the wall, Od. 22.126, 333 ; ἀνʼ ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίη ib. 132 : sens. obsc., τῆς ὄπισθεν ὀ. 17 [where υ appears to be long]. (θύρα ἐν ὕψει τοῦ τοίχου, , , cf. the second explanation in : a form ὀρσορόκα (acc. sg.) given by ap. EM 633.57 sqq. is apptly. corrupt:— ὀρσοθύρη was derived in antiquity from ὀρούω, EM l.c., etc.: the true etym. is uncertain, but cf. ὄρρος, ὀρρόβηλος.)