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ὄχος

ochos · ὁ

carriage, chariot, bearers

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 59 · 5.29/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 4 · 4.48/10k
  • Trojan Women 3 · 4.24/10k
  • Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
  • Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
  • Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
  • Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
  • Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. ὄχος · ochos

carriage, chariot

carriage, used by Hom. in heterocl. neut. pl. ὄχεα, τά, even of a single chariot, ἐξ ὀχέων Il. 4.419, etc. (so Pi. O. 4.13, P. 9.11); and in poet. dat. ὄχεσφι, -φιν, σὺν ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφι Il. 4.297, cf. 5.28, 107, etc.: later also in masc. pl., ἐπὶ χρυσέοισιν ὄχοισιν h.Cer. 19; ἐπʼ εὐκύκλοις ὄχοις, of the Scythian wagons, A. Pr. 710, cf. E. Andr. 1019 (lyr.), Supp. 676, al.: also in sg., Pi. O. 6.24 (in poet. form ὄκχοσ, A. Ag. 1070, Hdt. 8.124, Critias 2.3: periphr., ἁρμάτων ὄχος or ὄχοι, = ὄ

2 bearers

τρόχαλοι ὄχοι the swift or round bearers of the chariot, i.e. the wheels, E. IA 146 (anap.).

II anything which holds, roadsteads, harbours

anything which holds, λιμένες νηῶν ὄχοι roadsteads for ships, harbours, Od. 5.404, Orph. A. 1200.

2

νεῦρα τῆς ὑστέρης τὰ καλεόμενα ὄχοι Hp. Mul. 2.204 (v.l. ὄσχοι); cf. ὀχεύς I.4.

III

perh. = ὀχετός, μισθωτοῖς τοὺς ὄ. ἀνακαθάρασι τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ IG ΙΙ(2).203 A 33 (Delos, iii B. C.).

2. ὀχός · ochos

firm, secure

firm, secure, Ph.Byz. Mir. 1.5.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄχος (scan p. 1189; entry #4761).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄχος (scan p. 862; entry #6198).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄχος (scan pp. 1429-1430; entry #4449).

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