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|Full diacritics=ὄχθη
|Medium diacritics=ὄχθη
|Low diacritics=όχθη
|Capitals=ΟΧΘΗ
|Transliteration A=óchthē
|Transliteration B=ochthē
|Transliteration C=ochthi
|Beta Code=o)/xqh
|Definition=ἡ, older form of [[ὄχθος]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[any height]] or [[rising ground]], natural or artificial, [[bank]], [[dyke]] by the side of a river, ὑψηλὴν βάλεν ὄχθην <span class="bibl">Il. 21.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">172</span>: in sg., also, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.14.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPHerm.</span> 95.10</span> (iii A. D.): mostly in plural, [[raised banks of a river]], in full, ποταμοῖο παρ' ὄχθας <span class="bibl">Il.4.487</span>, <span class="bibl">18.533</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.187</span>; παρ' ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο <span class="bibl">Od. 6.97</span>; Καφισοῦ παρ' ὄχθαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Xenoph.2.21</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>810</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span> 392</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὄχθαι καπέτοιο</b> the [[raised banks]] of the trench, [[dykes]], <span class="bibl">Il.15.356</span>; also, [[heights]] beside the sea, ἁλὸς παρ' ὄχθας <span class="bibl">Od.9.132</span>; <b class="b3">ταὶ ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.2</span>; also of [[rising banks]] at a little distance from a river, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.3</span> and <span class="bibl">5</span>: [[ὄχθη]] is distd. as [[the bank of a river]], from [[ὄχθος]] [[a hill]], in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>726</span>, <span class="bibl">729</span> (both lyr.); and this distn. generally holds, but in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.64</span> we read <b class="b3">ὄχθαις ὑπὸ Ταϋγέτου</b>; and in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1132</span> (lyr.), <b class="b3">Νυσαίων ὀρέων ὄχθαι</b>; reversely, we have in Sapph.<span class="bibl">p.44</span> Lobel, <b class="b3">ὄχθοις Ἀχέροντος</b>; in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1161</span>, <b class="b3">Ἀχερουσίους ὄχθους</b>; and in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>655</span>, <b class="b3">Ἰσμήνιον πρὸς ὄχθον</b>; in late Prose, τὴν ὄχθαν (sic) <b class="b3">τῆς θαλάσσης</b> sea-<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[shore]], <span class="bibl">Aët.2.203</span>.—Cf. [[ὄχθος]].</span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0430.png Seite 430]] ἡ, wie <b class="b2">[[ὄχθος]]</b>, jede Erhöhung, [[Hügel]], bes. die hohen [[Uferränder]] der Flüsse, ποταμοῖο, Il. 4, 481. 18, 533 Od. 6, 97; ὄχθαι καπέτοιο, die erhöheten Grabenränder, Il. 15, 356; auch ἁλός, hügelige Meergestade, Od. 9, 132; ταὶ ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄχθαι, Pind. P. 1, 68; Καΐκου παρ' ὄχθαις, I. 4, 97; übh. Hügel, Berg, ὄχθαις ὕπο Ταϋγέτου, P. 1, 64 u. öfter; παρ' ὄχθαις ποταμίαις, Aesch. Spt. 374; Prom. 811; Νυσαίων ὀρέων κισσήρεις ὄχθαι, Soph. Ant. 1119; vom Flußufer Phil. 716, wie Νείλου παρ' ὄχθαις Eur. Hel. 498; vom Flußufer auch Xen. An. 4, 3, 3 ff.; Sp., wie Luc. Mar. D. 13, 1.
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{{ls
|lstext='''ὄχθη''': ἡ, ἀρχαιότερος [[τύπος]] τοῦ [[ὄχθος]], πᾶν [[ὕψωμα]], [[λόφος]] ἢ [[πρόχωμα]] φυσικὸν ἢ τεχνητόν, [[ὄχθη]] παρὰ ποταμόν, ὑψηλὴν βάλεν ὄχθην Ἰλ. Φ. 171, πρβλ. 172, 175· ἐν τῷ ἑνικῷ [[ὡσαύτως]] Πλουτ. Ποπλικ. 16, Ἀρρ. Ἀν. 1. 14· - κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ πληθ., αἱ ὑψηλαὶ ὄχθαι ποταμοῦ· πλῆρες: ποταμοῖο παρ’ ὄχθας <br />Ἰλ. Δ. 487., Σ. 533, πρβλ. Γ. 187· παρ’ ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο Ὀδ. Ζ. 97· Καφισοῦ παρ’ ὄχθαις Πινδ. Π. 4. 81, πρβλ. Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 810, Θήβ. 392, κλ.· ὄχθαι καπέτοιο, τὰ ὑψηλὰ [[ἑκατέρωθεν]] χείλη τῆς τάφρου, Ἰλ. Ο. 356· [[ὡσαύτως]], λόφοι ψαμμώδεις παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν (πρβλ. θίς), ἁλὸς ὄχθαι Ὀδ. Ι. 132 ταὶ [[ὑπὲρ]] Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄχθαι Πινδ. Π. 1. 34, πρβλ. 12. 3· [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐπὶ ὑψωμάτων εἰς μικρὰν ἀπόστασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 3, 3 καὶ 5, πρβλ. 11 καὶ 17. - Πολλοὶ ἀρχαῖοί τε καὶ νεώτεροι ἐνόμισαν ὅτι τὸ [[ὄχθη]] λέγεται ἀείποτε ἐπὶ τῆς ὑψουμένης παρὰ τὸ [[ῥεῦμα]] ποταμοῦ γῆς, τὸ δὲ [[ὄχθος]] ἀείποτε ἐπὶ λόφου, ὡς διακρίνονται παρὰ Σοφ. ἐν Φιλ. 726, 729. καὶ ἡ [[διάκρισις]] αὔτη [[καθόλου]] ἀληθεύει ἀλλ’ ἐν Πινδ. Π. 1. 123 ἀναγινώσκομεν: ὄχθαις ὑπὸ Ταϋγέτου· καὶ παρὰ Σοφ. ἐν Ἀντ. 1132, Νυσαίων ὀρέων ὄχθαι· ἐν ᾧ τἀνάπαλιν, ἔχομεν παρ’ Αἰσχύλ. ἐν Ἀγ. 1161, Ἀχερουσίους ὄχθους· ἐν Εὐρ. Ἱκέτ. 655, Ἰσμήνιον πρὸς ὄχθον. Πρβλ. [[ὄχθος]]. - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «[[ὄχθη]]· [[χεῖλος]] ποταμοῦ».
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{{bailly
|btext=ης (ἡ) :<br />rive escarpée, bord élevé.<br />'''Étymologie:''' cf. [[ὄχθος]].
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=([[ἔχω]]): [[bank]] of a [[river]], the [[sea]], a [[trench]], Il. 15.356; [[mostly]] pl., [[sing]]., Il. 21.17, 171 f.
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''ὄχθη:''' ἡ, αρχ. [[τύπος]] του [[ὄχθος]], [[έδαφος]] που εξέχει, όχθη, το [[χείλος]] των πλευρών ενός ποταμού, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.· [[κυρίως]] στον πληθ., υψωμένες όχθες ποταμού, σε Όμηρ.· <i>ὄχθαικαπέτοιο</i>, [[χείλος]] τάφρου, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.· επίσης, οι αμμόλοφοι ή τα υψώματα από άμμο στην [[ακρογιαλιά]] (πρβλ. [[θίς]]), σε Ομήρ. Οδ.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''ὄχθη:''' ἡ<br /><b class="num">1)</b> высокий край, гребень, вал (καπέτοιο Hom.);<br /><b class="num">2)</b> высокий берег (ποταμοῖο Hom.; Νείλου Eur.);<br /><b class="num">3)</b> возвышенность, цепь холмов, нагорье (ὄχθαι Ταϋγέτου Pind.): ὀρέων κισσήρεις ὄχθαι Soph. заросшие плющем нагорья.
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{{etym
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f., usually pl. <b class="b3">-αι</b><br />Meaning: 'high and rocky edge by the water, bank, shore' (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[ὄχθος]] m. [[height]], [[hill]] (Ion. since h.Ap.17), [[hunch]], [[outgrowth]], [[tubercle]] (medic.) with <b class="b3">ὀχθ-ηρός</b> [[hilly]] (hell.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[full of outgrowth]], [[tuberculous]] (D. H., medic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Ending (suffix) as in [[μόχθος]], [[βρόχθος]] a.o. (Schwyzer 510f., Chantraine Form. 366f.), but the usual connection with [[ἔχω]] is not convincing materially. Not very convincing either Grošelj Živa Ant. 5, 229 f.: to Av. <b class="b2">vaγδana-</b> [[head]] (cf. on [[ὄχθοιβος]]). -- On [[εὔοχθος]], <b class="b3">-έω</b> s. v. -- Furnée 110 etc. compares [[ἀκτή]] [[promontory]], [[edge]], which would point to a Pre-Greek word.
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=[[ὄχθη]], ἡ,<br />[[older]] [[form]] of [[ὄχθος]], a [[rising]] [[ground]], a [[bank]], [[dyke]] by the [[side]] of a [[river]], Il.: [[mostly]] in plural the [[raised]] banks of a [[river]], Hom.; ὄχθαι καπέτοιο the banks of the [[trench]], Il.; also the dunes or denes [[along]] the sea (cf. θίσ), Od.
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{{FriskDe
|ftr='''ὄχθη''': {ókhthē}<br />'''Grammar''': f., gew. pl. -αι<br />'''Meaning''': ’hoher und felsiger Rand am Wasser, Uferrand, Gestade’ (ep. poet. seit Il.);<br />'''Derivative''': [[ὄχθος]] m. [[Anhöhe]], [[Hügel]] (ion. poet. seit ''h''.''Ap''.17), [[Buckel]], [[Auswuchs]], [[Tuberkel]] (Mediz.) mit [[ὀχθηρός]] [[hügelig]] (hell. u. sp.), -ώδης [[voller Auswüchse]], [[tuberkulös]] (D. H., Mediz.).<br />'''Etymology''' : Ausgang (Suffix) wie in [[μόχθος]], [[βρόχθος]] u.a. (Schwyzer 510f., Chantraine Form. 366f.), aber die gewöhnliche Anknüpfung an [[ἔχω]] überzeugt sachlich nicht. Wenig überzeugend auch Grošelj Živa Ant. 5, 229 f.: zu aw. ''va''γδ''ana''- [[Kopf]] (vgl. zu [[ὄχθοιβος]]). — Zu [[εὔοχθος]], -έω s. bes.<br />'''Page''' 2,456
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|woodrun=[[mound]], [[natural mound]], [[of a river]]
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