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ὀχεύς?

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: ocheus

Principal Part: ὀχεύς ὀχέως

Structure: ὀχευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ἔχω

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 ὀχεῦσι(ν)
Accusative ὀχέα ὀχή ὀχέας
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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