ὄχθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[eminence]], [[bank]], [[hill]], first in ''h.Ap.''17, Sapph.''Supp.''13.11, Pi.''O.''9.3, freq. in Hdt. (9.25, al.), A. (v. infr.), and E., as <b class="b3">Ἄρειος ὄχθος</b> ''IT'' 961 of the [[Areopagus]], cf. Hdt.8.52; of a [[barrow]] or [[mound]], A.''Pers.'' 647, 659 (both lyr.), ''Ch.''4: rarely, like [[ὄχθη]], of a [[river's bank]], v. [[ὄχθη]] sub fin. (ὄχθῳ ἐφεζόμενοι παρ' Ἕβρον ποταμόν Ar.''Av.''774 need not be taken in this sense).—In A.''Ch.''954, dat. [[ὄχθει]] (as if from ὄχθος, εος, τό) is corrupt.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[tubercle]] in [[leprosy]], Aret.''SD''2.13, Ruf. ap. Orib.45.28.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[tubercle]] on plants, Archig. ap. Gal.12.263, Man. 1.54.