The corpus record

ὀχῠρ-όω

ochuroo

fortify, besieged, confirm

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Where it lives

Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
Machabaeorum I 11 · 6.31/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

fortify

fortify, τοὺς λιμένας IG 2(2).834.14 (iii B. C.); πόλιν Plb. 14. 9.9, J. AJ 12.7.7; τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν OGI 90.25 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); τείχη LXX Je. 28(51).53: metaph., τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας λιμένα ib. 4 Ma. 13.7:—Med., in act. sense, X. Cyr. 5.4.39, Plb. 1.18.3:— Pass., τὰ πρόπυλα κλείθροις ὀχυροῦται Pl. Ax. 371b, cf. OGI 90.22 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); πρόθυρα τείχεσι . . ὠχύρωτο Arist. Mu. 398a18.

2 besieged

ὠχυρωμένη besieged, LXX Jo. 6.1.

II confirm

metaph., confirm, τὸ λεγόμενον Phld. Rh. 2.98 S.

III constrain

constrain, τοὺς πονηρούς ib. 148 S.

In the wild

ὠχύρωτο · ōchyrōto Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 137)
ὠχύρωσε · ōchyrōse Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 266)
ὀχυροῦσιν · ochyrousin Septuaginta, Epistula Jeremiae (DIORISIS sentence 15)
ὀχυρώσῃ · ochyrōsēi Septuaginta, Jeremias 28
ὠχυρωμένη · ōchyrōmenē Septuaginta, Josue (cod. Vat.) 6
ὀχυρῶσαι · ochyrōsai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 10

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