oxa ὄχαὄχᾰ, Ep.Adv., used by Hom. only as intens. before the Sup.ἄριστος, ὄχ᾽ ἄριστοςfar the best, Il.1.69, al.; cf. ἔξοχα. (Prob. from ἔχω to hold; ὄχα is to ὀχυρός as the old Germ.fast very, to fest fast, tight.)
oxaneh ὀχεάὀχεά, Ion.ὀχαν-εή, ἡ, =χειά, cave, grot, Arat.1026, Nic.Th.139, Orph.A.79: contr. gen. ὀχῆςArat.956. [Oxyt. acc. to Theognost.Can.102.]
oxanh ὀχάνηὀχάν-η [ᾰ], ἡ, = sq., Plu.Cleom.11.
oxanon ὄχανονὄχαν-ον, τό, (ἔχω A) holder of a shield, i.e. a bar or band fastened crosswise on the under side of the shield, through which the bearer passed his arm, Anacr.91, Hdt.2.141, Aen.Tact.29.12; invented by the Carians acc. to Hdt.1.171.
oxeia ὀχείαὀχ-εία, ἡ, (ὀχεύω) a covering or impregnating, of the male animal, X.Eq.5.8, PCair.Zen.225.4(iii B. C.); ὀχείαν δέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, ὑπομένειν, of the female, Arist.GA748a21, al.; ὀχείαν ποιεῖσθαι, of the two, Id.HA540a2; περὶ τὰς ὀ. in the breeding season, Thphr.Od.61. fertilization of plants, PRyl.172.21 (iii A. D., written ὠχ-). (ὀχέω) ὀχεία ποντίαholder of the ship, i. e. anchor,Trag.Adesp.251 (ap. Hsch., cf. ὀχεῖον II. 2).
oxeion ὀχεῖονὀχ-εῖον, τό, male animal kept for breeding, stallion, Arist.HA572a14, GA748a27, Str.16.2.10, Plu.Lyc.15; cock, Arist.GA730a11; ἵππων ὄνων τ᾽ ὀχεῖαA.Fr.194. γείτονας τοῦ ὀχείουLycurg.Fr.26 (expld. conjecturally by Harp. as a place ἐν ᾧ ὀχεῖαι γίνονται κτηνῶν ἢ ὀχήματα μισθοῦται). (ὀχέω) =ὄχημα11, ὄχος, Din.Fr.64.2. anchor, Trag. Adesp.251 (ap. Theognost.Can.128).
oxeios ὀχεῖοςὀχ-εῖος, α, ον, kept for breeding, ἵπποςDin.Fr.64.2 but ὀχεός, sine expl., cited as deriv. of ὀχεύω in Sch.Patm.D. in BCH1.142.
oxesfi ὄχεσφιὄχεσφι, ὄχ-σφιν, Ep. dat. pl. of ὄχος.
oxetlon ὄχετλονὄχετ-λον, τό, =ὄχημα, in pl., Hsch., Phot.
oxetokranion ὀχετόκρανονὀχετό-κρᾱνον, τό, end or issue of an aqueduct, Hyp.Fr.132, Mnemos.42.332 (Argos, iv B. C.) Dim.ὀχετο-κράνιον, τό, EM644.48, AB287 (expld. by κηλώνειον).
oxetos ὀχετόςὀχετός, ὁ, (ὄχος, ὀχέω) means for carrying water, water-pipe, made of leather, Hdt.3.9; when carried underground, sts. of wood, IG12.373.64, 66,22.1672.305; of stone, ὀ. λίθινος κρυπτός ib.7.4255.5 (Oropus, iv B. C.); material not named, Th.6.100, Pl.Phd.112c, etc.; τοὺς προϋπάρχοντας ὀ. κρυπτοὺς ποιεῖνOGI483.74 (Pergam.); conduit, channel, Arist.Pol.1303b13, al.; ὀ. μετέωροι open drains, Id.Ath.50.2, OGI483.63 (Pergam.); =ἀφεδρών, Ev.Marc.7.19 (cod. D). in Anatomy, τῆς ἀρτηρίας ὀχετοίducts leading to the lungs, Pl.Ti.70d; οἱ τοῦ αἵματος ὀ.Poll.2.217; of the urinal and intestinal canals, Hp.Art.48, 50, X.Mem.1.4.6; ὥσπερ ἐξ ὀχετῶν (of sweat), Hp.Epid.6.3.1. in pl., streams, Pi.O.5.12; Σιμούντιοι ὀ.E.Or.809 (lyr.), IA767 (lyr.). metaph., βαθὺς ὀ. ἄταςPi.O.10(11).37; παρεκτρέποντες ὀ. ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν making a side channel or means of escape, E.Supp.1111; ὀχετοὶ βοτρύων pherecr. 130.7, cf. Telecl.1.9; ἐν τοῖς μεριστοῖς ὀ.currents, Dam.Pr.127, cf. 130, 206. Att. for βόρβορος acc. to Hellad. ap. Phot.p.535B.
oxeuma ὄχευμαὄχευμα, ατος, τό, result ofὀχεία, the embryo, Arist.HA577a26, prob. cj. in Ph.2.506.
oxeus ὀχεύςὀχεύς, έως, Ep.ῆος, ὁ, (ἔχω) anything used for holding or fastening: band or strap for fastening the helmet under the chin, Il.3.372. pl., fastenings or clasps of the belt, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον4.132, 20.414. bolt or bar of a door, ἐπικεκλιμένας σανίδας καὶ μακρὸν ὀχῆα12.121; θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆαςOd.21.47, cf. Parm.1.16, Theoc.24.49; ὀ. θύραςPhld.Rh.1.280S.; bolts holding the ἀγκῶνες in place in a war-engine, Ph.Bel.72.31; νεῶν . . ὀχῆας ships' rudders, Opp.C.4.59. ὀχῆες τῆς ὑστέρης,=ὄχοι11.2, Aret.SD2.11 (vv. ll. ὄσχιες, ὄχιες). =ὄχανον, οἱ ὀ. οἱ σκύτινοιPlb.18.18.4. axle, σφαίρης ἥ τ᾽ ἀμφὶς ὀχῆος ἀεὶ περιτέλλειOrph.Fr.247.25.
oxeutikos ὀχευτικόςὀχ-ευτικός, ή, όν, salacious, of animals, Arist.Long.466b7; of birds, Id.HA564b11 sq.; of human beings, Ptol.Tetr.64: Comp., Thphr.Fr.183. Adv.-κῶς, ἔχεινHsch.s.v.ὀχῶν.
oxeutria ὀχεύτριαὀχ-εύτρια, ἡ, fem. of ὀχευτής, Id. s.v.ψόαν.
oxeuw ὀχεύωὀχ-εύω, of male animals, cover, τὸ μὲν θῆλυ τίκτειν, τὸ δὲ ἄρρεν ὀχεύεινPl.R.454d, cf. Hdt.3.85 the Act. being used of the male, the Pass. of the female, ὀχεύει καὶ ὀχεύεταιArist.HA575a22; so ὠχευμένηνId.GA748a33 Med., of both sexes, copulate, Hdt.2.64 (of birds), cf. Thphr.Sign.25, al. c. acc., mount, cover, τὴν κύναPl.Euthd.298e, etc. of the groom, put the horse to the mare, Arist.GA748a19.—It seems to have been the generic word for all animals, v. Ath.8.353e; but was not prop. used of mankind, though in Pl.R.586a it is used of men like beasts, cf. Ph.2.307, M.Ant.10.19.
oxewn ὈχεώνὈχεών, ῶνος, ὁ, a month at Smyrna, Ath.Mitt.12.248.
oxh ὀχήὀχ-ή, ἡ, prop, support, Call.Fr.anon.48 (in poet. form ὀκχή, cf. ὄφις). support, food, Lyc.482, Ath.8.363b. ὀχῆςcontr. gen., for ὀχεῆς, v.ὀχεά. =ὀχεία, Arat.1069.
oxhma ὄχημαὄχ-ημα, ατος, τό, anything that bears or supports: hence, Zeus is called γῆς ὄχημαstay of earth (γαιήοχος), E.Tr.884. carriage, chariot, Hdt.5.21, etc.: prop. mule-car, opp. ἅρμα (war-car), Pi.Fr.106.6; also ὀ. ἱππικάS.El.740; ἁρμάτων ὀχήματαE.Supp.662; ὄ. ἵππειον, πωλικόν, Id.Alc.67, Rh.621, cf. Tim.Pers.205; αὔρα, θεῶν ὄ.Trag.Adesp.565; ἔπαρχος ὀχημάτων, = Lat. praefectus vehiculorum,IG14.1072 (Rome, ii A. D.), cf. Supp.Epigr.4.520.12 (Ephes., ii A. D.). of ships, mostly with some addition, λινόπτερ᾽ ηὗρε ναυτίλων ὀ.A.Pr.468; ὄ. ναόςS.Tr.656 (lyr.); νάϊον ὄ.E.IT410 (lyr.); τὰ ὀ. τά τε πεζὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃPl.Hp.Ma.295d, cf. Phd.113d. of animals that are ridden, ὄ. κανθάρου a riding-beetle (as we say a riding-horse), Ar.Pax866; of Arion's dolphin, App.Anth.1.3; of a horse, Max.Tyr.14.4. metaph., vehicle, raft, ὄ. ἀοιδᾶν, as Pi. calls his ode, Fr.124.1; ἐπὶ βεβαιοτέρου ὀ., λόγου θείου τινός, διαπορευθῆναιPl.Phd.85d; ὄ. τροφῆς, of water, Hp.Alim.55 (but of the vena cava, Id. ap. Gal.UP4.5); τὸ σιτίον οἷον ὀ. τῷ ὑγρῷ χρώμενονPlu.2.698d; of honey as a vehicle for drugs, Gal.10.300; σῶμα . . ψυχῆς λεπτὸν ὄ. Orac. ap. Hierocl.in CA26p.478M.; of the supposed vehicle consisting of fine and indestructible matter informed by the soul, its spiritual body, Procl.Inst.205, cf. Iamb.Myst.5.12, Dam.Pr.102; ἀχράντῳ ὀ. χρώμεναι τῷ . . κάλλειProcl.in Alc.p.33 C.
oxhmatikos ὀχηματικόςὀχ-ημᾰτῐκός, ή, όν, of or for a vehicle: -κὴ δύναμιςmounted, etc., Ascl.Tact.1.3; τὸ -κόν, of cavalry, charioteers, and elephantriders, ib.1.1.
oxhsis ὄχησιςὄχ-ησις, εως, ἡ, a being carried, Pl.Ti.89a (pl.), Arist.Ph.243a17; ἵππων ὀχήσειςriding, Pl.R.452c, cf. Phld.Rh.2.197S.; τὴν ὄχησιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ποιεῖσθαι,=ὀχεῖσθαι, Str.1.3.12; ἡ ὄ. πλείστη ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑγιέος σκέλεος, of lame people, the weight is thrown on the good leg, in walking, Hp.Art.52.
oxlew ὀχλέωὀχλ-έω, (ὄχλος) move, disturb, ψηφῖδες ἅπασαι ὀχλεῦνται all the pebbles are rolled or swept away by the water, Il.21.261. generally, trouble, importune, c. acc., Hdt.5.41; ὀχλεῖς μάτην μεA.Pr.1001; disturb citizens by false alarms, Aen. Tact.6.1: abs., to be troublesome or irksome, Hp.Epid.2.1.3, S.OT446, OGI262.22 (Baetocaece); ὀ. πρὸς αὐγάς impede the sight, Hp.Prorrh.1.147 = Coac.191 (v.l.): freq. in Pap., POxy.269 ii 4(i A. D.), etc. Pass., to be troubled, ὑπέρ τινοςArist.EN1167a10, cf. 1171b19; ἀσθενείᾳ σώματοςPlb.Fr.188; ὑπὸ ὑδέρουHippiatr.38; τὴν ἀκοήνPhld.Po.2.18; cf. ἐνοχλέω: later c. inf., μὴ ὀχλοῦ δὲ πέμπειν τι ἡμῖν don't trouble to . . ,POxy.1481.6(ii A. D.). in Pass., to be crowded, ὁδὸς . . ἥτις οὐ πολὺ ὀχλεῖταιCeb.15 (nisi πολυοχλεῖται leg.).
oxlikos ὀχλικόςὀχλ-ικός, ή, όν, of or suited to a or the mob, popular, ὑποδοχαίPosidon.9J.; ἑστίασιςD.H.2.60; ὀ. θύελλαPhld.Rh.1.184S.; ὀ. ἄνθρωποςPh.2.537; διάταξιςPlu.Comp.Lyc. Num.2; ὀ. βωμολοχίαId.Per.5; τὸ περὶ τὴν λέξιν ὀχλικόνId.2.142a; ὀ. ἀηδίαHld.3.6.
oxlokratia ὀχλοκρατίαὀχλο-κρᾰτία, ἡ, mob-rule, the lowest grade of democracy, Plb.6.4.6, 6.57.9, Plu.2.826f, etc.: -κρασία is v. l. in Ph.1.41, Max. Tyr.33.6.
oxqew ὀχθέωὀχθέω (pres. only in compd. προς-οχθέω, q. v.), fut.-ήσωQ.S.3.451: Ep. Verb used by Hom. only in aor. to be sorely angered, vexed in spirit, ὤχθησανIl.1.570, 15.101; elsewh. only in part., μέγ᾽ ὀχθήσας προσέφη1.517, 4.30, etc.; ὀχθήσας δ᾽ ἄρα εἶπε11.403, al.; ὀχθήσας προσεφώνεεOd.23.182.
oxqh ὄχθηὄχθη, ἡ, older form of ὄχθος, any height or rising ground, natural or artificial, bank, dyke by the side of a river, ὑψηλὴν βάλεν ὄχθηνIl.21.171, cf. 172: in sg., also, Plu.Publ.16, Arr.An.1.14.4, CPHerm.95.10(iii A. D.): mostly in pl., raised banks of a river, in full, ποταμοῖο παρ᾽ ὄχθαςIl.4.487, 18.533, cf. 3.187; παρ᾽ ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖοOd.6.97; Καφισοῦ παρ᾽ ὄχθαιςPi.P.4.46, cf. Xenoph.2.21, A.Pr.810, Th.392, etc.; ὄχθαι καπέτοιο the raised banks of the trench, dykes, Il.15.356; also, heights beside the sea, ἁλὸς παρ᾽ ὄχθαςOd.9.132; ταὶ ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄ. Pi.P.1.18, cf. 12.2; also of rising banks at a little distance from a river, X.An.4.3.3 and 5: ὄχθη is distd. as the bank of a river, from ὄχθοςa hill, in S.Ph.726, 729 (both lyr.); and this distn. generally holds, but in Pi.P.1.64 we read ὄχθαις ὑπὸ Ταϋγέτου; and in S.Ant.1132 (lyr.), Νυσαίων ὀρέων ὄχθαι; reversely, we have in Sapph.p.44 Lobel, ὄχθοις Ἀχέροντος; in A.Ag.1161, Ἀχερουσίους ὄχθους; and in E.Supp.655, Ἰσμήνιον πρὸς ὄχθον; in late Prose, τὴν
oxqizw ὀχθίζωὀχθ-ίζω, late form of ὀχθέω, Opp.H.5.179,540; v.προσοχθίζω.
oxqofulac ὀχθοφύλαξὀχθοφύλαξ [ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ, watchman on a river-bank, Lat. riparius,Gloss.
oxqoibos ὄχθοιβοςὄχθοιβος, ὁ, purple stripe down the front of theχιτών, Ar.Fr.320.2, Pherecr.100. neckband, ὄχθοιβοι χρυσία ἔχοντεςIG12.387.35, cf. 22.1388.84, 1400.67; ὄ. ὃν ἡ θεὸς ἔχει ἐπὶ τῷ τραχήλῳ ib.1425.309.
oxqos ὄχθοςὄχθος, ὁ, eminence, bank, hill, first in h.Ap.17, Sapph.Supp.13.11, Pi.O.9.3, freq. in Hdt. (9.25, al.), A. (v. infr.), and E., as Ἄρειος ὄ. IT961 of the Areopagus, cf. Hdt.8.52; of a barrow or mound, A.Pers.647, 659 (both lyr.), Ch.4: rarely, likeὄχθη, of a river's bank, v.ὄχθη sub fin. (ὄχθῳ ἐφεζόμενοι παρ᾽ Ἕβρον ποταμόνAr.Av.774 need not be taken in this sense).—In A.Ch.954, dat. ὄχθει (as if from ὄχθος, εος, to/) is corrupt. tubercle in leprosy, Aret.SD2.13, Ruf. ap. Orib.45.28.3. tubercle on plants, Archig. ap. Gal.12.263, Man.1.54.