- ὄχημα
- ὄχ-ημα, ατος, τό,A anything that bears or supports: hence, Zeus is called γῆς ὄχημα stay of earth ([etym.] γαιήοχος), E.Tr.884.II carriage, chariot, Hdt.5.21, etc.: prop. mule-car, opp. ἅρμα (war-car), Pi.Fr.106.6; also
ὀ. ἱππικά S.El.740
;ἁρμάτων ὀχήματα E.Supp.662
; ὄ. ἵππειον, πωλικόν, Id.Alc. 67, Rh.621, cf. Tim.Pers.205;αὔρα, θεῶν ὄ. Trag.Adesp.565
; ἔπαρχος ὀχημάτων, = Lat. praefectus vehiculorum, IG14.1072 (Rome, ii A. D.), cf. Supp.Epigr.4.520.12 (Ephes., ii A. D.).2 of ships, mostly with some addition,λινόπτερ' ηὗρε ναυτίλων ὀ. A.Pr.468
;ὄ. ναός S.Tr.656
(lyr.);νάϊον ὄ. E.IT410
(lyr.);τὰ ὀ. τά τε πεζὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ Pl. Hp.Ma.295d
, cf. Phd.113d.3 of animals that are ridden, ὄ. κανθάρου a riding-beetle (as we say a riding-horse), Ar.Pax866; of Arion's dolphin, App.Anth.1.3; of a horse, Max.Tyr.14.4.4 metaph., vehicle, raft, ὄ. ἀοιδᾶν, as Pi. calls his ode, Fr.124.1;ἐπὶ βεβαιοτέρου ὀ., λόγου θείου τινός, διαπορευθῆναι Pl.Phd.85d
; ὄ. τροφῆς, of water, Hp.Alim.55 (but of the vena cava, Id. ap. Gal.UP4.5);τὸ σιτίον οἷον ὀ. τῷ ὑγρῷ χρώμενον Plu.2.698d
; of honey as a vehicle for drugs, Gal. 10.300; σῶμα . . ψυχῆς λεπτὸν ὄ. Orac. ap. Hierocl. in CA26p.478M.; of the supposed vehicle consisting of fine and indestructible matter informed by the soul, its spiritual body, Procl.Inst.205, cf. Iamb. Myst.5.12, Dam.Pr.102;ἀχράντῳ ὀ. χρώμεναι τῷ . . κάλλει Procl.in Alc. p.33
C.
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