noun
orchīta
Meaning
- a kind of olive of an oblong shape
orchīta or -es, ae, m., and orchī-tis, is, f., = ὀρχῖτις,
I. a kind of olive of an oblong shape:
albam pauseam, vel orchitam, vel radiolum, Col. 12, 49, 2; 12, 50, 1; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 7, 4; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 60; Paul. ex Fest. p. 180 Müll.