ὄχθος

A. eminence, bank, hill, first in h.Ap. 17, Sapph. Supp. 13.11, Pi. O. 9.3, freq. in Hdt. (9.25, al.), A. (v. infr.), and E., as Ἄρειος ὄ. IT 961 of the Areopagus, cf. Hdt. 8.52; of a barrow or mound, A. Pers. 647, 659 (both lyr.), Ch. 4: rarely, like ὄχθη, of a river's bank, v. ὄχθη sub fin. (ὄχθῳ ἐφεζόμενοι παρ’ Ἕβρον ποταμόν Ar. Av. 774 need not be taken in this sense).—In A. Ch. 954, dat. ὄχθει (as if from ὄχθος,εος, to/) is corrupt.

II. tubercle in leprosy, Aret. SD 2.13, Ruf. ap. Orib. 45.28.3.

2. tubercle on plants, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.263, Man. 1.54.