Aristotle Greek Lexicon ὀχεία

ὀχεία

ocheia

a covering

Appears 190 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀχεία, , (ὀχεύω) A. a covering or impregnating, of the male animal, X. Eq. 5.8, PCair.Zen. 225.4 (iii B. C.); ὀχείαν δέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, ὑπομένειν, of the female, Arist. GA 748a21, al.; ὀχείαν ποιεῖσθαι, of the two, Id. HA 540a2; περὶ τὰς ὀ. in the breeding season, Thphr. 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, Trag.Adesp. 251 (ap. Hsch., cf. ὀχεῖον II. 2).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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