Ὄχανος

holder, grip

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Jun 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 24 words
[Meaning] the handle of a shield.1 "Setting foot on Acestaean chariots."2
Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] o)xa/nois ["with holders"], [meaning] with chains.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὄχανος· τὸ κράτημα τῆς ἀσπίδος. ὄχοις Ἀκεσταίοισιν ἐμβεβὼς πόδα. καὶ Ὀχάνοις, δεσμοῖς.

Betacode
*)/oxanos: to\ kra/thma th=s a)spi/dos. o)/xois *)akestai/oisin e)mbebw\s po/da. kai\ *)oxa/nois, desmoi=s.

Notes (3)

  1. 1This noun is related to the verb e)/xw. At Herodotus 1.171 the word is neuter o)/xanon (plural o)/xana). Shield-grips were allegedly invented by the Carians. ↩
  2. 2Sophocles fr. 611 (672 Radt); cf. Hesychius omicron2055 and Photius, Lexicon omicron725 Theodoridis. The noun o)/xos (omicron 1032) comes from the root vex-. ↩
  3. 3Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references in Photius omicron726 Theodoridis), and in a gloss on Herodotus 2.141.5, where ta\ o)/xana occurs. (The dative plural must be quoted from somewhere else.) ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Mar 2021
  1. cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — Catharine Roth
  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. expanded n.3; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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