Ruby's Greek Thread

[Ruby Novacna]

Word EVA olkory
The word olkory is found on the first line of page 79v.


The horizontal bar of the k glyph is very high and I hesitate between reading it as n or m. Thus the word contains several possible sources of variation, ol(oi,a)n(m)o(w)r9 :

• οἰνωρος = ἱεραγωγός Διονύσου (οἰνωροί = οἱ ἱεραγωγοὶ Διονύσου) – carrier of offerings to Dionysus;
  
• ἄνωρος for ἄωρος – untimely, unseasonable; unripe, of fruit; without youthful freshness, ugly;
  
• anorum (Lat), gen pl of anus – ring, circle, link, circular form; anus; fundament; piles, haemorrhoids;
  
• ἀμόρας, gen of ἀμόρα – honey cake;
  
• ἄμορος = ἄμοιρος – without lot or share in thing, bereft of some good; portionless; exempt from fate; rarely, freed from some evil; abs., unlucky, wretched;
  
• ἄμμορος, without share of, without lot in; later, simply, free from, without; abs., ill-fated;
  
• ἄμωρος – kind of cake;
  
• amorum (Lat), gen pl of amor – love, affection, intense desire, object of love.
  

Given that the images of 79v are rather anatomical, in my opinion, which reading of olkory is the most appropriate?