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ὀχεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀχεύς ὀχέως

Structure: ὀχευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. anything for holding or fastening
  2. a strap for fastening the helmet
  3. the fastenings of the belt
  4. a bar to fasten

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀχεύς ὀχή ὀχής
Genitive ὀχέως ὀχέοιν ὀχέων
Dative ὀχεί ὀχέοιν ὀχεῦσιν*
Accusative ὀχέα ὀχή ὀχέᾱς
Vocative ὀχεύ ὀχή ὀχής

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

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ θῆρεσ ἀριζήλοιο Διὸσ τρομέουσι γενέθλην ἤριπεσ ἐξ ὀχέων χθαμαλῆσ ἐπὶ νῶτα κονίησ σὸν δέμασ οἰοπόλοισιν ἐνὶ δρυμοῖσι λιποῦσα; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1178)
  • ἦ που πολλὰ μετεστεναχίζετ’ ὀπίσσω ἣν ἄτην ὀχέων· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 6:6)
  • ἔνθ’ ἐπεβήσεθ’ ἑῶν ὀχέων Ὑπερίονοσ υἱόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 39 1:2)
  • ἣ δ’ ὀχέων ἐπέβη, πάρα δὲ κρατὺσ Ἀργειφόντησ ἡνία καὶ μάστιγα λαβὼν μετὰ χερσὶ φίλῃσι σεῦε διὲκ μεγάρων· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 40:5)
  • Ψαύμιοσ γὰρ ἵκει ὀχέων, ὅσ, ἐλαίᾳ στεφανωθεὶσ Πισάτιδι, κῦδοσ ὄρσαι σπεύδει Καμαρίνᾳ. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 4 3:2)
  • ἄγχε δέ μιν πολύκεστοσ ἱμὰσ ἁπαλὴν ὑπὸ δειρήν, ὅσ οἱ ὑπ’ ἀνθερεῶνοσ ὀχεὺσ τέτατο τρυφαλείησ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 43:2)

Synonyms

  1. anything for holding or fastening

  2. the fastenings of the belt

  3. a bar to fasten

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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