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ὄγμος

ὄγμος, any straight line, a furrow

ὄγμος, ὁ,
  • furrow in ploughing, τοὶ δὲ στρέψασκον ἀνʼ ὄγμους Il. 18.546; πίονες ὄγμοι h.Cer. 455.
      • 2 swathe in reaping, ὥς τʼ ἀμητῆρες ὄ. ἐλαύνωσιν Il. 11.68; δράγματα δʼ ἄλλα μετʼ ὄ. . . πῖπτον 18.552, cf. 557; ὄ. ἄγειν ὀρθόν Theoc. 10.2.
      • 3 strip of cultivated land (written ὤγμος), PFay. 120.7 (ii A.D.), BGU 166.7 (ii A.D.).
    • II metaph., ὅ τε πλήθει μέγας ὄ. [the moonʼs] vast orbit is accomplished, h.Hom. 32.11; of the sun, Arat. 749; of a hippopotamus, παλίσσυτον ὄ. ἐλαύνων Nic. Th. 571; ὄ. κακῶν . . γήραος, i.e. wrinkled old age, Archil. 116; ὄ. ὀδόντων row of teeth, APl. 16.265, etc.

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