ὀχεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ὀχεύω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> a [[covering]] or [[impregnating]], of the [[male]] [[animal]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>5.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>225.4</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ὀχείαν δέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, ὑπομένειν</b>, of the female, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">GA</span>748a21</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὀχείαν ποιεῖσθαι</b>, of the two, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>540a2</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ τὰς ὀ</b>. in the [[breeding]] season, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Od.</span>61</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fertilization]] of [[plant]]s, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>172.21</span> (iii A. D., written <b class="b3">ὠχ-</b>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> ([[ὀχέω]]) <b class="b3"> ὀχεία ποντία</b> [[holder]] of the [[ship]], i. e. [[anchor]], <span class="bibl">Trag.Adesp.251</span> (ap. Hsch., cf. [[ὀχεῖον]] II. <span class="bibl">2</span>).</span>