ὀχεία
ocheia
a covering
Appears 190 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀχεία, ἡ, (ὀχεύω) A. a covering or impregnating, of the male animal, Eq. 5.8, PCair.Zen. 225.4 (iii B. C.); ὀχείαν δέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, ὑπομένειν, of the female, GA 748a21, al.; ὀχείαν ποιεῖσθαι, of the two, HA 540a2; περὶ τὰς ὀ. in the breeding season, Od. 61. 2. fertilization of plants, PRyl. 172.21 (iii A. D., written ὠχ-). II. (ὀχέω) ὀχεία ποντία holder of the ship, i. e. anchor, 251 (ap. , cf. ὀχεῖον II. 2).
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