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Orchŏmĕnus or -os , i, m. or f. (and -on or -um , i, n.), = Ὀρχόμενος.
I. The son of Athamas and Themisto, Hyg. Fab. 1.—
II. A city in Bœotia, Caes. B. C. 3, 55; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226.—
III. A city in Thessaly: “Minyius,” Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence,
B. Orchŏmĕnĭus , a, um, adj., = Ὀρχομένιος, Orchomenian: “lacus,” Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: “calamus,” id. 16, 36, 66, § 164.—Plur subst.: Orchŏmĕnii , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Orchomenos, the Orchomenians, Nep. Lys. 3, 4; Just. 11, 3.—
IV. A city in Arcadia, Liv. 32, 5: “sub Orchomenon, Ov, M. 5, 607: Orchomenum,” Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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