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ὄχανον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄχανον ὄχανου

Structure: ὀχαν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. the holder of a shield, a bar across the hollow of the shield

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄχανον ὀχάνω ό̓χανα
Genitive ὀχάνου ὀχάνοιν ὀχάνων
Dative ὀχάνῳ ὀχάνοιν ὀχάνοις
Accusative ὄχανον ὀχάνω ό̓χανα
Vocative ό̓χανον ὀχάνω ό̓χανα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἀνακρέων μέν γε φησίν διὰ δηὖτε καρικοεργέοσ ὀχάνου χεῖρα τιθέμεναι ὁ δ’ Ἀλκαῖοσ λόφον τε σείων Καρικόν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 52:7)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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