A.“ὀχέεσκον” Od.11.619: fut. “ὀχήσω” A.Pr.143 (anap.), E.Or.802 (troch.): aor. “ὤκχησα” Call.Jov.23 (v. infr.):—Med. and Pass., impf. “ὠχέετο” Hdt.1.31, “-εῖτο” X.Cyr.7.3.4: fut. “ὀχήσομαι” Il.24.731: Ep. aor. “ὀχήσατο” Od.5.54: also aor. “ὀχηθῆναι” Hp.Art.58, Luc.Lex.2: Aeol. pres. part. “ὀχήμενος” Lyr.Adesp.51: in Att. Prose, used only in pres. and impf.: Hom. never uses the augm.: [the first syll. is made long in Pi.O.2.67, Euph. 9.13, Lyc.64,1049, where it is written ὀκχέω (Pi. and Euph.) or ὀγχέω (Lyc.), cf. “ὄχος” 1.1, ὄφις sub fin.]:—Frequentat. of ἔχω, as φορέω of φέρω （“ἔχειν τε καὶ ὀχεῖν” Pl.Cra.400a), hold fast, ἄγκυρα δ᾽ ἥ μου τὰς τύχας ὤχει (sic leg.) “μόνη” E.Hel.277.
b. endure, suffer, “ὀχέοντας ὀϊζύν” Od.7.211; “κακὸν μόρον . . , ὅνπερ ἐγὼν ὀχέεσκον” 11.619; “ἣν ἄτην ὀχέων” 21.302; “ἀπροσόρατον ὀκχέοντι πόνον” Pi.O.2.67; “ἄχθος ὀ.” Hp.Fract.9; τἀγαθὰ μὴ . . ὀ. εὐπόρως bear prosperity not with moderation, Democr.173.
c. continue, keep doing, νηπιάας ὀχέειν to keep on with childish ways, like ἔχειν, ἄγειν, Od.1.297; φρουρὰν ἄζηλον ὀχήσω will maintain an unenviable watch, A. l.c.
2. carry, “χερσὶ λύρην” Thgn.534; τινα E.Or.802; “φιάλην” X.Cyr.1.3.8; of the legs, carry the body, Hp.Art.52; so of the soul, Pl.Cra. l.c.
3. let another ride, mount, “αὐτὸς βαδίζω . . , τοῦτον δ᾽ ὀχῶ” Ar. Ra.23; of a general, let the men ride, X.Eq.Mag.4.1.
II. more freq. in Med. and Pass., to be borne or carried, have oneself borne, “ὀχήσατο κύμασιν Ἑρμῆς” Od.5.54; “νηυσὶν ὀχήσονται” Il.24.731; “ἵπποισιν ὀχεῖτο” h.Ven.217; so “ἐπὶ τῆς ἁμάξης ὀχέεσθαι” Hdt.1.31, cf. Ar.Pl.1013; “ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων” X.Cyr.4.5.58; “ἐφ᾽ ἅρματος” Pl.Ly.208a; ἐν [ἁρμαμάξῃ] X.Cyr.7.3.4; “δελφῖνος περὶ νώτῳ” Opp.H.5.449; ἐπὶ θατέρου σκέλους ὀχοῦνται τὸ σῶμα let their weight rest on . . , Plu.2.967c: metaph., to be carried or brought to (ἐπί), Dam.Pr.26, cf. 68,99; “ὁ χρόνος . . συνθεῖ [τῇ κινήσει] ὡς ἐπὶ φερομένης ὀχούμενος” Plot.6.3.22.
2. abs., drive, ride, sail, etc., [ἵπποι] ἀλεγεινοὶ . . ὀχέεσθαι difficult to use in a chariot, Il.10.403, cf. Ar.Ra.25, D.21.171; of a dislocated bone, which rides on the edge of another instead of resting in the socket, Hp.Art. 51.
3. of a ship, ride at anchor, metaph., λεπτή τις ἐλπίς ἐστ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἧς ὀχούμεθα 'tis but a slender hope on which we ride at anchor, Ar.Eq.1244; “ἐπὶ λεπτῶν ἐλπίδων ὠχεῖσθ᾽ ἄρα” Id.Fr.150, cf. Pl.Lg. 699b; so “ἐπ᾽ ἀσθενοῦς ῥώμης” E.Or.69; but, ἐπὶ τούτου [τοῦ λόγου], ὥσπερ ἐπὶ σχεδίας buoyed up, carried, Pl.Phd.85d; “νεὼς ἐκπεσὼν . . ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδος ὀχεῖταί τινος” Plu.2.1103e; τὰ ὀχούμενα floating bodies, in title of work by Archimedes, Str.1.3.11, cf. 15.1.38, Hero Spir.1 Praef.; “εἰδώλου καλοῦ ἐφ᾽ ὕδατος ὀχουμένου” Plot.1.6.8; of Delos, οὗ νᾶσος ὀχεῖται floats, Orac. ap. D.H.1.19; cf. ὁρμέω.
