The corpus record

ναύλοχ-ος

naulochos

affording a safe anchorage

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Where it lives

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

affording a safe anchorage, by the haven

affording a safe anchorage, epith. of a harbour, λιμένες δʼ ἔνι ν. αὐτῇ Od. 4.846; ν. ἐς λιμένα 10.141; ν. λιπὼν ἕδρας S. Aj. 460; ὦ ν. καὶ πετραῖα θερμὰ λουτρά ye hot springs by the haven and from the rock (unless ναύλοχα is Subst.), Id. Tr. 633 (lyr.); Ἀχαιῶν ναύλοχοι περιπτυχαί E. Hec. 1015: Sup. ναυλοχώτατος λιμήν Ph. 1.181, cf. 352.

II station for ships, haven

Subst., station for ships, haven, Suid.: also neut. pl. ναύλοχα Plu. Sollert. 2.984b; cf. supr.

In the wild

ναύλοχοι · naulochoi Euripides, Hecuba 1015 (DIORISIS sentence 567)
ναύλοχον · naulochon Odyssey 10.141
ναύλοχοι · naulochoi Odyssey 4.846
ναυλόχους · naulochous Sophocles, Ajax 460–461
ναύλοχα · naulocha Sophocles, Trachiniae 633–639

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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