ὄγμος
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ὁ,
A furrow in ploughing, τοὶ δὲ στρέψασκον ἀν' ὄγμους Il.18.546 ; πίονες ὄγμοι h.Cer.455. 2 swathe in reaping, ὥς τ' ἀμητῆρες ὄ. ἐλαύνωσιν Il.11.68 ; δράγματα δ' ἄλλα μετ' ὄ. . . πῖπτον 18.552, cf. 557 ; ὄ. ἄγειν ὀρθόν Theoc.10.2. 3 strip of cultivated land (written ὤγμος), PFay.120.7 (ii A.D.), BGU166.7 (ii A.D.). II metaph., ὅ τε πλήθει μέγας ὄ. [the moon's] vast orbit is accomplished, h.Hom. 32.11 ; of the sun, Arat.749 ; of a hippopotamus, παλίσσυτον ὄ. ἐλαύνων Nic.Th.571 ; ὄ. κακῶν . . γήραος, i.e. wrinkled old age, Archil. 116 ; ὄ. ὀδόντων row of teeth, APl.4.265, etc.