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ἔποχος , ον, (ἐπί, ϝέχω, cf.Lat.
A.veho) mounted upon, esp. on horses, chariots, and ships, c. gen. vel dat., ναῶν, ἅρμασιν, A.Pers.54,45 (anap.), cf. S.Ichn.181 (lyr.); “τῷ ἐ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἡνιόχῳ” Ph.1.486, cf. Lib.Or.59.110 : metaph., λόγος μανίας ἔ. words borne on madness, i.e. frantic words, E.Hipp.214(anap.).
2. abs., having a good seat on horseback, X.Cyr.1.4.4 ; ἐπόχους ἡ θήρα ἀποδεικνύει ib. 8.1.35 ; ἔ. εἶναι to have a good seat, Id.Eq.8.10, cf. Ar.Lys.677 ; also “ἱππασίαις ἔ.” practised in.., Plu.Mar.34. Adv. -χως, ἐγκαθῆσθαι to sit fast, Poll.1.209.
II. Pass., ποταμὸς ναυσὶ ἔ. navigable by ships, Plu.Mar.15.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aeschylus, Persians, 45
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    • Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship, 8.10
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