ὄχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (ϝέχω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[carriage]], used by Hom. in heterocl. neut. pl. [[ὄχεα]], [[τά]], even of a single [[chariot]], ἐξ ὀχέων <span class="bibl">Il.4.419</span>, etc. (so <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>4.13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>9.11</span>); and in poet. dat. ὄχεσφι, -φιν, σὺν ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφι <span class="bibl">Il.4.297</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.28</span>, <span class="bibl">107</span>, etc.: later also in masc. pl., ἐπὶ χρυσέοισιν ὄχοισιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 19</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐκύκλοις ὄχοις</b>, of the Scythian wagons, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>710</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Andr.</span>1019</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>676</span>, al.: also in sg., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.24</span> (in poet. form ὄκχοσ, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1070</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.124</span>, <span class="bibl">Critias 2.3</span>: periphr., <b class="b3">ἁρμάτων ὄχος</b> or [[ὄχοι]], = [[ὄχημα]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1166</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>370</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1190</span>; <b class="b3">ὄ. ταχυήρης</b>, of a ship, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>32</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τρόχαλοι ὄχοι</b> the swift or round [[bearers]] of the chariot, i.e. the wheels, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>146</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[anything which holds]], <b class="b3">λιμένες νηῶν ὄχοι</b> [[roadsteads]] for ships, [[harbours]], <span class="bibl">Od.5.404</span>, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>1200</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> νεῦρα τῆς ὑστέρης τὰ καλεόμενα ὄχοι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.204</span> (v.l. [[ὄσχοι]]); cf. ὀχεύς <span class="bibl">1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> perhaps = [[ὀχετός, μισθωτοῖς τοὺς ὄ. ἀνακαθάρασι τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ]] <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).203 <span class="title">A</span> 33 (Delos, iii B. C.).</span>