far
far 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.)
The corpus record
ὄχα
ocha
far
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k
- Iliad 11 · 0.99/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ὄχʼ · ochʼ Iliad 1.69
- ὄχʼ · ochʼ Iliad 12.344
- ὄχʼ · ochʼ Iliad 12.357
- ὄχʼ · ochʼ Iliad 15.282
- ὄχʼ · ochʼ Iliad 17.307
- ὄχʼ · ochʼ Iliad 2.761
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄχα (scan p. 1187; entry #4753).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄχα (scan p. 860; entry #6183).