Perseus analyses of ὄχ':

ὄχα,ὄχα (far): indeclform (adverb)
ὄχε,ὄχος (carriage): masc voc sg

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ὄχᾰ

ὄχα, Ep. Adv., used by Hom. only as intens. before the Sup. ἄριστος, ὄχʼ ἄριστος

A. far the best, Il. 1.69, al.; cf. ἔξοχα. (Prob. from ἔχω to hold; ὄχα is to ὀχυρός as the old Germ. fast very, to fest fast, tight.)

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ὄχος

ὄχος, ὁ, (ϝέχω)

2. τρόχαλοι ὄχοι the swift or round bearers of the chariot, i.e. the wheels, E. IA 146 (anap.).

II. anything which holds, λιμένες νηῶν ὄχοι roadsteads for ships, harbours, Od. 5.404, Orph. A. 1200.

2. νεῦρα τῆς ὑστέρης τὰ καλεόμενα ὄχοι Hp. Mul. 2.204 (v.l. ὄσχοι); cf. ὀχεύς I.4.

III. perh. = ὀχετός, μισθωτοῖς τοὺς ὄ. ἀνακαθάρασι τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ IG ΙΙ(2).203 A 33 (Delos, iii B. C.).