- ὀχέω
- ὀχέωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to carry, to bear, to endure, to sustain', `to let mount or ride', `to anchor' (Od., E. Hel. 277); midd. (more often) `to drive, to ride, to swim, to be at anchor'.Other forms: -έομαι (Il.), aor. a. fut. (not Att. prose) act. ὀχῆ-σαι (Call.), -σω (A., E.), midd. -σασθαι, -σομαι (Hom.), pass. -θῆναι (Hp.).Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. ἐπ-οχέομαι, act.Derivatives: 1. ὀχ-ετός m. (from ὄχος?; cf. Schwyzer 501) `canal, furrow' (Pi., IA.) with -ετεύω `to conduct by a canal', with -ετεία, -έτευμα a.o.; ὀχετ-ηγός `drawing a canal' (Φ 257; Chantraine Études 90); 2. ὄχετλα ὀχήματα H.; 3. ὄχ-ημα n. `vehicle', also metaph. (Pi., IA.) with -ηματικός; 4. -ησις f. `the driving, riding' (Hp., Pl.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: In midd. iterative to 2. ἔχω `carry, offer' (Schwyzer 717); for the meaning `drive, ride' cf. esp. Lat. vehō etc. Also the more rare active forms can be understood, but through the formally possible connection with 1. ἔχω `hold, possess etc.' (ἔχειν τε καὶ ὀχεῖν Pl. Kra. 400a) the meaning of the act. has sometimes shifted, so in ὀχέοντας ὀϊζύν (η 211) beside πόνον τ' ἐχέμεν καὶ ὀϊζύν (Ν 2, θ 529). -- Further s. 2. ἔχω; s. also ὄχος and ὄχλος.Page in Frisk: 2,455-456
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.