Ὀχεία
copulation, mating
Translated by David Whitehead14 Jul 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀχεία· μίξις, συνουσία. καὶ Ὀχεύω, ῥῆμα.
Betacode
*)oxei/a: mi/cis, sunousi/a. kai\ *)oxeu/w, r(h=ma.
Notes (2)
- cf. mu 1475.
- 1Deverbative noun, from the verb which follows. ↩
- 2Already at omicron 1037. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- ο1037ὈχεύωI copulate"Eat, drink, copulate: since everything else is worth nothing." In other [words], since the other things are not worth this, a snap of the fingers. For the statue standing on his tomb was made having the hands over the…
- ο1041Ὀχεῖονbreeding-horse, carriage, ocheionDinarchus used [this word] instead of o)/xhma ["carriage"]. But the same [writer] also used it to mean [a horse] designated for breeding [o)xei/a]. For he says: "they are buying, of my horses, a stallion". Lycurgus in…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- added note — Catharine Roth
- another headword and x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead