ὀχεύς

ὀχεύς, έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ, (ἔχω)

• 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.

ὀχεύς, ὁ, der Halter, Träger, jedes Werkzeug zum Halten, Tragen. Bei Hom. das Band od. der Riemen, womit der Helm unter dem Kinne festgebunden ward, Il. 3.372, die Spangen, die den Leibgurt zusammenhalten, 4.132, 20.414 ; σκύτινος τοῦ θυρεοῦ, wie ὄχανον, Pol. 18.1.4. – Gewöhnl. der Riegel, welcher die Torflügel von innen geschlossen hielt, δοιοὶ δʼ ἔντοσθεν ὀχῆες εἶχον ἐπημοιβοί, Il. 12.455, dgl. ib. 121, 291, 460 ; θυρέων δʼ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας, Od. 21.47, öfter ; Anacr. 31.7 u. einzeln bei a.Sp.

ὀχεύς

ὁ

[ὀχ-, ἔχω.]

Something that holds.

• • 1

    A means of securing a helmet on the head Il. 3.372.

  • 2

    In pl., the fastenings of a belt : ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες Il. 4.132, Il. 20.414.

  • 3

    A bar or bolt for securing a gate or door within : οὐδʼ ἐρρήξαντʼ ἂν πύλας καὶ μακρὸν ὀχῆα Il. 12.291 (here and in Il. 13.124 app. the same as the ὀχῆες of Il. 12.455). Cf. Il. 12.121, 455, 460, Il. 13.124, Il. 21.537, Il. 24.446, 566 (in Il. 24. app. identical with the ἐπιβλής of 453) : Od. 21.47, Od. 24.166.

ὀχεύς , ῆος (ἔχω): holder; the chinstrap of a helmet, Il. 3.372; clasps on a belt, Il. 4.132; bolt of a door, Il. 12.121. (See cut No. 29.)

ὀχεύς, έως, ὁ, ἔχω

• anything for holding or fastening:
• • • 1a strap for fastening the helmet under the chin, Il.
    • 2in pl. the fastenings of the belt, Il.
    • 3a bar to fasten the door inside, Hom.