ὄχ-ημα (ochema)

Where it lives

Rhesus 3 · 5.58/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Timaeus 3 · 1.27/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

anything that bears, supports, stay

anything that bears or supports: hence, Zeus is called γῆς ὄχημα stay of earth (γαιήοχος), E. Tr. 884.

II carriage, chariot, mule-car

carriage, chariot, Hdt. 5.21, etc.: prop. mule-car, opp. ἅρμα (war-car), Pi. Fr. 106.6; also ὀ. ἱππικά S. El. 740; ἁρμάτων ὀχήματα E. Supp. 662; ὄ. ἵππειον, πωλικόν, Id. Alc. 67, Rh. 621, cf. Tim. Pers. 205; αὔρα, θεῶν ὄ. Trag.Adesp. 565; ἔπαρχος ὀχημάτων, = Lat. praefectus vehiculorum, IG 14.1072 (Rome, ii A. D.), cf. Supp.Epigr. 4.520.12 (Ephes., ii A. D.).

2 ships

of ships, mostly with some addition, λινόπτερʼ ηὗρε ναυτίλων ὀ. A. Pr. 468; ὄ. ναός S. Tr. 656 (lyr.); νάϊον ὄ. E. IT 410 (lyr.); τὰ ὀ. τά τε πεζὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ Pl. Hp.Ma. 295d, cf. Phd. 113d.

3 riding, riding

of animals that are ridden, ὄ. κανθάρου a riding-beetle (as we say a riding-horse), Ar. Pax 866; of Arion’s dolphin, App.Anth. 1.3; of a horse, Max.Tyr. 14.4.

4 vehicle, raft, vena cava, vehicle, vehicle

metaph., vehicle, raft, ὄ. ἀοιδᾶν, as Pi. calls his ode, Fr. 124.1; ἐπὶ βεβαιοτέρου ὀ., λόγου θείου τινός, διαπορευθῆναι Pl. Phd. 85d; ὄ. τροφῆς, of water, Hp. Alim. 55 (but of the vena cava, Id. ap. Gal. UP 4.5); τὸ σιτίον οἷον ὀ. τῷ ὑγρῷ χρώμενον Plu. QConv. 2.698d; of honey as a vehicle for drugs, Gal. 10.300; σῶμα . . ψυχῆς λεπτὸν ὄ. Orac. ap. Hierocl. in CA 26p.478M.; of the supposed vehicle consisting of fine and indestructible matter informed by the soul, its spiritual body, Procl. Inst.

In the wild

ὀχημάτων · ochēmatōn Aeschylus, Persians 607–615
ὀχήματα · ochēmata Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 467–468
ὀχήμασιν · ochēmasin Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 182–183
ὄχημʼ · ochēmʼ Euripides, Ion *qera/pwn.1150 (DIORISIS sentence 747)
ὀχημάτων · ochēmatōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 610 (DIORISIS sentence 308)
ὀχημάτων · ochēmatōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 615 (DIORISIS sentence 310)

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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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