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