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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[furrow]] in [[ploughing]], τοὶ δὲ [[στρέψασκον]] ἀν' ὄγμους Il.18.546; πίονες ὄγμοι ''h.Cer.''455.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[swathe]] in [[reaping]], ὥς τ' ἀμητῆρες ὄ. ἐλαύνωσιν Il.11.68; δράγματα δ' ἄλλα μετ' ὄγμον ἐπήτριμα πῖπτον ἔραζε = some handfuls were falling in rows to the ground along the swath 18.552, cf. 557; ὄγμον ἄγειν ὀρθόν Theoc.10.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[strip]] of [[cultivated]] [[land]] (written [[ὤγμος]]), ''PFay.''120.7 (ii A.D.), ''BGU''166.7 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ὅ τε πλήθει μέγας ὄγμος</b> [the moon's] [[vast]] [[orbit]] is [[accomplished]], ''h.Hom.'' 32.11; of the sun, Arat.749; of a [[hippopotamus]], παλίσσυτον ὄ. ἐλαύνων Nic.''Th.''571; <b class="b3">ὄγμος κακῶν.. γήραος</b>, i.e. [[wrinkled]] [[old age]], Archil. 116; <b class="b3">ὄγμος ὀδόντων</b> [[row]] of [[teeth]], ''APl.''4.265, etc.