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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

  • εἶναι δὲ λέγουσι πλησίον τῶν τόπων τούτων καὶ σκοτίασ Ἑκάτησ ἱερὸν καὶ πύλασ Κωκυτοῦ καὶ Λήθησ διειλημμένασ χαλκοῖσ ὀχεῦσιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 96 9:1)

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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