ὄχθη,ἡ, older form ofὄχθος,
A. any heightorrising ground, natural or artificial,bank, dykeby the side of a river, ὑψηλὴν βάλεν ὄχθην
Il. 21.171
, cf. 172 : in sg., also, Plu. Publ. 16 , Arr. An. 1.14.4 , CPHerm. 95.10
(iii A. D.): mostly in pl.,raised banks of a river, in full, ποταμοῖο παρ' ὄχθας
Il. 4.487
, 18.533 , cf. 3.187 ; παρ' ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο
Od. 6.97
; Καφισοῦ παρ' ὄχθαις
Pi. P. 4.46
, cf. Xenoph. 2.21 , A. Pr. 810 , Th. 392 , etc.;ὄχθαι καπέτοιοtheraised banksof the trench,dykes, Il. 15.356 ; also,heightsbeside the sea, ἁλὸς παρ' ὄχθας
Od. 9.132
;ταὶ ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄ. Pi. P. 1.18 , cf. 12.2 ; also ofrising banksat a little distance from a river, X. An. 4.3.3 and 5 :ὄχθηis distd. asthe bank of a river, fromὄχθος a hill, in S. Ph. 726 , 729 (both lyr.); and this distn. generally holds, but in Pi. P. 1.64 we readὄχθαις ὑπὸ Ταϋγέτου; and in S. Ant. 1132 (lyr.),Νυσαίων ὀρέων ὄχθαι; reversely, we have in Sapph. p.44 Lobel,ὄχθοις Ἀχέροντος; in A. Ag. 1161 ,Ἀχερουσίους ὄχθους; and in E. Supp. 655 ,Ἰσμήνιον πρὸς ὄχθον; in late Prose,τὴν