The corpus record

γαιήοχος

gaieochos

earth-moving, earth-carrying

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Iliad 12 · 1.08/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

earth-moving, earth-carrying

earth-moving, earth-carrying, Il. 13.43, al., A. Th. 310 (lyr.), cf. S. OC 1072 (lyr.): Γαιάοχος, abs., Il. 13.125, Pi. O. 13.81, and so Γαιάϝοχος (v. supr.): also in pl., Γαάοχοι, name of a contest, IG 5(1).296.11 (Sparta).

ὠκεανὸς γ. App.Anth. 3.209.

II protecting the country

protecting the country, γαιάοχε παγκρατὲς Ζεῦ A. Supp. 816 (lyr.); γαιάοχόν τʼ Ἄρτεμιν S. OT 160 (lyr.).

= ἠπειρώτης, Hsch. (In signf. I from γαῖα and ϝεχ-: ϝοχ-, cf. ὄχεα, Lat. veho, Skt. váhati, Germ. be-wegen, etc. In signf. II from ἔχω (q. v.).)

In the wild

γαιάοχος · gaiaochos Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 304–311
γαιάοχε · gaiaoche Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 815–816
γαιήοχος · gaiēochos Iliad 13.125
γαιήοχος · gaiēochos Iliad 13.43
γαιήοχος · gaiēochos Iliad 13.59
γαιήοχος · gaiēochos Iliad 13.677

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γαιήοχος (scan p. 302; entry #1365).

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