ἔποχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[ἐπί]], [[ϝέχω]], cf.Lat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[veho]]) [[mounted upon]], esp. on [[horse]]s, [[chariot]]s, and [[ship]]s, c. gen. vel dat., [[ναῶν]], [[ἅρμασιν]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>54</span>,<span class="bibl">45</span> (anap.), cf. S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>181 (lyr.); τῷ ἐ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἡνιόχῳ <span class="bibl">Ph.1.486</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.110</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">λόγος μανίας ἔποχος</b> = words [[borne on]] [[madness]], i.e. [[frantic]] [[word]]s, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>214</span>(anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[having a good seat]] on [[horseback]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπόχους ἡ θήρα ἀποδεικνύει</b> ib. <span class="bibl">8.1.35</span>; <b class="b3">ἔποχος εἶναι</b> to [[have a good seat]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>677</span>; also ἱππασίαις ἔποχος = [[practised in]].., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>34</span>. Adv. [[ἐπόχως]], ἐγκαθῆσθαι = to [[sit]] [[fast]], <span class="bibl">Poll.1.209</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b3">ποταμὸς ναυσὶ ἔποχος</b> = [[navigable]] by [[ship]]s, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>15</span>.</span>