The corpus record

ὀχμάζω

ochmazo

grip fast, bind, fast

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

grip fast, bind, fast, he makes, obedient to the bit

grip fast, E. Cyc. 484 (anap.); μέσον τινὰ ὀ. Id. Or. 265; τὸν λεωργὸν ὀχμάσαι . . ἐν ἀρρήκτοις πέδαις bind him fast, A. Pr. 5; τίς ἐν φάραγγί σʼ ὤχμασεν; ib. 618; ἵππον τʼ ὀχμάζει he makes the horse obedient to the bit, E. El. 817 (and this, acc. to Sch. A.R. 1.743, is the proper sense).

II bear, carry, uphold

bear, carry, Ἄρεος ὀχμάζουσα . . σάκος A.R. 1.743; uphold, φελλοὶ . . δόλον Opp. H. 3.374.

In the wild

ὀχμάσαι · ochmasai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 3–6
ὤχμασεν · ōchmasen Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 618
ὀχμάζει · ochmazei Euripides, Electra *)/aggelos.815 (DIORISIS sentence 522)
ὀχμάζεις · ochmazeis Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 169)
ὀχμάζεται · ochmazetai Sophocles, Antigone 348–354

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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