ὀρσοθύρη

orsothyre

a door high up in the wall

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 22 3
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22126
22132
22333

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρσοθύρη [ῠ], ἡ, prob. A. a door high up in the wall, Od. 22.126,333 ; ἀνʼ ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίη ib.132 : sens. obsc., τῆς ὄπισθεν ὀ. Semon. 17 [where υ appears to be long]. (θύρα ἐν ὕψει τοῦ τοίχου, Phot., Suid., cf. the second explanation in Hsch.: a form ὀρσορόκα (acc. sg.) given by Apollod. 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.)

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