ὀχεύς

ocheus

anything used for holding

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 3 1
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3372
Book 4 1
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4132
Book 12 4
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12121
12291
12455
12460
Book 13 1
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13124
Book 20 1
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20414
Book 21 1
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21537
Book 24 2
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24446
24566
Odyssey 2
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Book 21 1
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2147
Book 24 1
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24166

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀχεύς, έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ, (ἔχω) A. anything used for holding or fastening: 1. band or strap for fastening the helmet under the chin, Il. 3.372. 2. pl., fastenings or clasps of the belt, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132, 20.414. 3. bolt or bar of a door, ἐπικεκλιμένας σανίδας καὶ μακρὸν ὀχῆα 12.121; θυρέων δʼ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας Od. 21.47, cf. Parm. 1.16, Theoc. 24.49; ὀ. θύρας Phld. Rh. 1.280 S.; bolts holding the ἀγκῶνες in place in a war-engine, Ph. Bel. 72.31; νεῶν . . ὀχῆας ships’ rudders, Opp. C. 4.59. 4. ὀχῆες τῆς ὑστέρης, = ὄχοι II.2, Aret. SD 2.11 (vv. ll. ὄσχιες, ὄχιες). II. = ὄχανον, οἱ ὀ. οἱ σκύτινοι Plb. 18.18.4. III. axle, σφαίρης ἥ τʼ ἀμφὶς ὀχῆος ἀεὶ περιτέλλει Orph. Fr. 247.25.

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