A.holding back, stopping, esp. of hostilities: hence mostly in pl., armistice, truce, X.Mem.4.4.17; ἀνοχὰς ποιεῖσθαι Decr. ap. D. 18.164; “διδόναι” D.H.8.68; “σπείσασθαι” Plu.Pel.29; “αἱ Καλλισθένους ἀ.” Aeschin.2.31; “αἱ ἑξαετεῖς ἀ.” D.H.3.59; cf. ἀνοκωχή.
2. time, opportunity, “οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἀνοχὴν ἐμβατεῦσαι” LXX 1 Ma.12.25; ἡμερῶν ἀ. delay of some days, POxy.1068.15 (iii A.D.).
4. ἀνοχαὶδικῶν, = Lat. iustitium, Id.55.26.
3. relief from disease, Philum. ap. Orib.Syn.8.3.4.