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|Definition=ὁ, ([[ὄχος]], [[ὀχέω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[means for carrying water]], [[water pipe]], made of [[leather]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.9; when carried underground, sometimes of wood, ''IG''12.373.64, 66,22.1672.305; of stone, <b class="b3">ὀχετός λίθινος κρυπτός</b> ib.7.4255.5 (Oropus, iv B. C.); material not named, Th.6.100, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''112c, etc.; τοὺς προϋπάρχοντας ὀχετοὺς ἐπαναγκαζέτωσαν κρυπτοὺς ποιεῖν ''OGI''483.74 (Pergam.); [[conduit]], [[channel]], Arist.''Pol.''1303b13, al.; <b class="b3">ὀχετοί μετέωροι</b> [[open]] [[drain]]s, Id.''Ath.''50.2, ''OGI''483.63 (Pergam.); = [[ἀφεδρών]], ''Ev.Marc.''7.19 (cod. D).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Anatomy, <b class="b3">τῆς ἀρτηρίας ὀχετοί</b> [[duct]]s leading to the [[lung]]s, Pl.''Ti.''70d; οἱ τοῦ αἵματος ὀχετοί Poll.2.217; of the [[urinal]] and [[intestinal]] [[canal]]s, Hp. ''Art.''48, 50, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.4.6; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἐξ ὀχετῶν</b> (of [[sweat]]), Hp.''Epid.''6.3.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, [[stream]]s, Pi.''O.''5.12; Σιμούντιοι ὀχετοί E.''Or.''809 (lyr.), ''IA'' 767 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., βαθὺς ὀχετός ἄτας Pi.''O.''10(11).37; <b class="b3">παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν</b> making a [[side]] [[channel]] or [[means]] of [[escape]] in order  not to [[die]], E. ''Supp.''1111; <b class="b3">ὀχετοὶ βοτρύων</b> pherecr.130.7, cf. Telecl.1.9; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς μεριστοῖς ὀχετοῖς</b> [[current]]s, Dam.''Pr.''127, cf. 130, 206.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Att. for [[βόρβορος]] acc. to Hellad. ap. Phot.p.535 B.