The corpus record

ὀχ-εία

ocheia · ἡ

a covering

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

a covering, impregnating, breeding

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. GA 748a21, al.; ὀχείαν ποιεῖσθαι, of the two, Id. HA 540a2; περὶ τὰς ὀ. in the breeding season, Thphr. Od. 61.

2 fertilization

fertilization of plants, PRyl. 172.21 (iii A. D., written ὠχ-).

II holder, anchor

(ὀχέω) ὀχεία ποντία holder of the ship, i.e. anchor, Trag.Adesp. 251 (ap. Hsch., cf. ὀχεῖον II. 2).

In the wild

ὀχείας · ocheias Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 189)
ὀχείαν · ocheian Septuaginta, Siracides 33
ὀχείᾳ · ocheiai Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 5.8 (DIORISIS sentence 148)
ὀχείαν · ocheian Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 5.8 (DIORISIS sentence 149)

Where it came from

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