The corpus record

ὀχ-εῖον

ocheion · τό

male animal kept for breeding, stallion

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What it meant — LSJ

male animal kept for breeding, stallion, cock

male animal kept for breeding, stallion, Arist. HA 572a14, GA 748a27, Str. 16.2.10, Plu. Lyc. 15; cock, Arist. GA 730a11; ἵππων ὄνων τʼ ὀχεῖα A. Fr. 194.

γείτονας τοῦ ὀχείου Lycurg. Fr. 26 (expld. conjecturally by Harp. as a place ἐν ᾧ ὀχεῖαι γίνονται κτηνῶν ἢ ὀχήματα μισθοῦται).

(ὀχέω) = ὄχημα II, ὄχος, Din. Fr. 64.2.

2 anchor

anchor, Trag. Adesp. 251 (ap. Theognost. Can. 128).

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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