The corpus record

ὀχετηγός

ochetegos

conducting

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

conducting, drawing off water by a ditch, conduit

conducting or drawing off water by a ditch or conduit, ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ ὀ. ἀπὸ κρήνης μελανύδρου ἂμ φυτὰ καὶ κήπους ὕδατι ῥόον ἡγεμονεύῃ Il. 21.257: metaph., πνεῦμα ὀ., of the flute, AP 9.505.6; ἑῶν ὀ. ἐρώτων, of the Alpheus, ib. 362.5, cf. 5.284 (Agath.); ἔρως ὀ. ἀνίης ib. 228 (Maced.).

In the wild

ὀχετηγὸς · ochetēgos Iliad 21.257

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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