ὀχεία

A. a covering or impregnating, of the male animal, X. Eq. 5.8, PCair.Zen. 225.4 (iii B. C.); ὀχείαν δέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, ὑπομένειν, of the female, Arist. GA 748a21, al.; ὀχείαν ποιεῖσθαι, of the two, Id. HA 540a2; περὶ τὰς ὀ. in the breeding season, Thphr. Od. 61.

2. fertilization of plants, PRyl. 172.21 (iii A. D., written ὠχ‐).

II. (ὀχέω)ὀχεία ποντία holder of the ship, i. e. anchor, Trag.Adesp. 251 (ap. Hsch., cf. ὀχεῖον II. 2).