Id.; metaph., wjceteuveto favti" Aesch.
ojcethgov"
ojcet-hgov" , ovn , ( ojcetov", a[gw ) conducting or drawing off water by a ditch or conduit, Il.: metaph., pneu`ma ojc ., of the flute, Anth.
ojcetov"
ojcetov" , oJ , ( ojcevw ) a means for carrying water, a waterpipe, Hdt., Thuc., etc.: a conduit, channel, aqueduct, Arist.
II.
in pl.
streams,
Pind., Eur.
III.
metaph.,
ojceto;n parektrevpein
to make
a side channel
or
means of escape,
Eur.
ojceuv"
ojceuv" , evw" Ep. h`o", oJ , ( e[cw ) anything for holding or fastening:
1.
a strap for fastening the helmet
under the chin, Il.
2.
in pl.
the fastenings of the belt,
Ib.
3.
a bar to fasten
the door inside, Hom.
ojceuvw
ojceuvw , of male animals, to cover, Plat.: Pass., of the female: Med. of both sexes, Hdt.
ojcevw
ojcevw , impf. Ion. ojceveskon : f. ojchvsw :Med., 3 sing. impf. wjceveto, -ei`to : f. ojchvsomai : 3 sing. Ep. aor. I ojchvsato : ( o[co" ):Frequent. of e[cw , to uphold, sustain, endure, Od., Pind.; nhpiava" ojcevein to keep playing childish tricks, Od.; froura;n ojchvsw will maintain a watch, Aesch.
2.
to carry,
Eur., Xen.
3.
to let
another
ride, to mount
him,
aujto;" badivzw, tou`ton dÆ ojcw`
Ar.; of a general,
to let
the men
ride,
Xen.
II.
Med.
to have oneself carried, to be carried
or
borne,
Hom., Hdt., Att.
2.
absol. (without the dat.
i{ppw/
or
nhiv
),
to drive, ride, sail,
»i{ppoi1/4 ajlegeinoi; ojcevesqai
difficult
to use in a chariot,
Il.
3. of a ship, to ride at anchor, lepthv ti" ejlpiv" ejstÆ ejfÆ h|" ojcouvmeqa tis but a slender hope on which we ride at anchor, Ar.; so, wjcei`sqÆ Id.; cf. Plat.; so, ejpÆ ajsqenou`" rJwvmh" ojcei`sqai Eur. [In Pind. the first syll. is made long, when it was pronounced (and perh. ought to be written) ojkcevw , v. o[fi" .] Hence o[chma
o[chma
o[chma , ato", tov , anything that bears or supports, gh`" o[chma , stay of earth, = gaihvoco" , Eur.
II.
a carriage, a chariot,
Lat.
vehiculum
,
Hdt., Soph., Eur.
2.
of
ships,
but mostly with some addition,
linovptera nautivlwn o[c
. Aesch.;
o[c. naov"
Soph.
3.
of animals that are ridden,
o[chma kanqavrou
a riding
beetle (as we say
a riding-
horse), Ar.
o[chsi"
o[chsi" , hJ , ( ojcevw ) a bearing, carrying, Plat.
II. (from Pass.) a being carried, i{ppwn ojchvsei" riding, Id.
ojcqevw
ojcqevw , f. hvsw : aor. I w[cqhsa : to be sorely angered, to be vexed in spirit, Hom. (Deriv. uncertain.)