ὀχῠρ-όω,
fortify, τοὺς λιμένας [[ “IG” 22.834.14 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πόλιν [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14. 9.9, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.7.7; τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν “OGI” 90.25 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τείχη [[ LXX.Jer.28(51).53: _metaphorically_, τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας λιμέναLXX.4Mac.13.7 ] LXX]:—middle, in active sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.39, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, τὰ πρόπυλα κλείθροις ὀχυροῦται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371b, compare “OGI” 90.22 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόθυρα τείχεσι.. ὠχύρωτο [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ὠχυρωμένη besieged, [[ LXX.Josh.6.1. ] LXX]
__II metaphorically, confirm, τὸ λεγόμενον [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.98 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III constrain, τοὺς πονηρούς [[[prev. work]148 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]