ὄχημα

See also: όχημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀχέω (okhéō, “to hold; endure”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.kʰɛː.ma/ → /ˈo.çi.ma/ → /ˈo.çi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.kʰɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.çi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.çi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.çi.ma/

Noun

ὄχημᾰ • (ókhēma) n (genitive ὀχήμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything that bears or supports, prop, stay
2. carriage, chariot, especially the mule-car
3. animal which is ridden, like a horse
4. (figuratively) vehicle, raft

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄχημᾰ; τοῦ ὀχήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄχημᾰ tò ókhēma	τὼ ὀχήμᾰτε tṑ okhḗmate	τᾰ̀ ὀχήμᾰτᾰ tà okhḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὀχήμᾰτος toû okhḗmatos	τοῖν ὀχημᾰ́τοιν toîn okhēmátoin	τῶν ὀχημᾰ́των tôn okhēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὀχήμᾰτῐ tôi okhḗmati	τοῖν ὀχημᾰ́τοιν toîn okhēmátoin	τοῖς ὀχήμᾰσῐ / ὀχήμᾰσῐν toîs okhḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄχημᾰ tò ókhēma	τὼ ὀχήμᾰτε tṑ okhḗmate	τᾰ̀ ὀχήμᾰτᾰ tà okhḗmata
Vocative	ὄχημᾰ ókhēma	ὀχήμᾰτε okhḗmate	ὀχήμᾰτᾰ okhḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀχηματικός (okhēmatikós)
• ὀχημάτιον (okhēmátion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: όχημα (óchima)

Further reading

• “ὄχημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄχημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄχημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ὄχημα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011