ὀχέω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to carry]], [[to bear]], [[to endure]], [[to sustain]], [[to let mount or ride]], [[to anchor]] (Od., E. Hel. 277); midd. (more often) [[to drive]], [[to ride]], [[to swim]], [[to be at anchor]].<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-έομαι</b> (Il.), aor. a. fut. (not Att. prose) act. <b class="b3">ὀχῆ-σαι</b> (Call.), <b class="b3">-σω</b> (A., E.), midd. <b class="b3">-σασθαι</b>, <b class="b3">-σομαι</b> (Hom.), pass. <b class="b3">-θῆναι</b> (Hp.).<br />Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. <b class="b3">ἐπ-οχέομαι</b>, act.<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">ὀχ-ετός</b> m. (from [[ὄχος]]?; cf. Schwyzer 501) [[canal]], [[furrow]] (Pi., IA.) with <b class="b3">-ετεύω</b> [[to conduct by a canal]], with <b class="b3">-ετεία</b>, <b class="b3">-έτευμα</b> a.o.; <b class="b3">ὀχετ-ηγός</b> [[drawing a canal]] (Φ 257; Chantraine Études 90); 2. <b class="b3">ὄχετλα ὀχήματα</b> H.; 3. <b class="b3">ὄχ-ημα</b> n. [[vehicle]], also metaph. (Pi., IA.) with <b class="b3">-ηματικός</b>; 4. <b class="b3">-ησις</b> f. [[the driving]], [[riding]] (Hp., Pl.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: In midd. iterative to 2. [[ἔχω]] [[carry]], [[offer]] (Schwyzer 717); for the meaning [[drive]], [[ride]] cf. esp. Lat. [[vehō]] etc. Also the more rare active forms can be understood, but through the formally possible connection with 1. [[ἔχω]] <b class="b2">hold, possess etc.</b> (<b class="b3">ἔχειν τε καὶ ὀχεῖν</b> Pl. Kra. 400a) the meaning of the act. has sometimes shifted, so in <b class="b3">ὀχέοντας ὀϊζύν</b> (η 211) beside <b class="b3">πόνον τ</b>' <b class="b3">ἐχέμεν καὶ ὀϊζύν</b> (Ν 2, θ 529). -- Further s. 2. [[ἔχω]]; s. also [[ὄχος]] and [[ὄχλος]].