The corpus record

ὄχαν-ον

ochanon · τό

holder of a shield

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Where it lives

Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant — LSJ

holder of a shield, a bar, band fastened crosswise on the under side of the shield

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.

In the wild

ὄχανα · ochana Herodotus, Histories 1.171.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1201)
ὀχάνων · ochanōn Herodotus, Histories 1.171.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1202)
ὄχανα · ochana Herodotus, Histories 2.141.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2573)

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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