ὀχεύς

A. anything used for holding or fastening:

1. band or strap for fastening the helmet under the chin, Il. 3.372.

2. pl., fastenings or clasps of the belt, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132, 20.414.

3. bolt or bar of a door, ἐπικεκλιμένας σανίδας καὶ μακρὸν ὀχῆα 12.121; θυρέων δ’ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας Od. 21.47, cf. Parm. 1.16, Theoc. 24.49; ὀ. θύρας Phld. Rh. 1.280 S.; bolts holding the ἀγκῶνες in place in a war-engine, Ph. Bel. 72.31; νεῶν . . ὀχῆας ships' rudders, Opp. C. 4.59.

4. ὀχῆες τῆς ὑστέρης, = ὄχοι 11.2, Aret. SD 2.11 (vv. ll. ὄσχιες, ὄχιες).

II. = ὄχανον, οἱ ὀ. οἱ σκύτινοι Plb. 18.18.4.

III. axle, σφαίρης ἥ τ’ ἀμφὶς ὀχῆος ἀεὶ περιτέλλει Orph. Fr. 247.25.