ὄχθη
ὄχθη
.ὄχθη, ἡ,
older form of ὄχθος, a rising ground, a bank, dyke by the side of a river, Il.: mostly in pl. the raised banks of a river, Hom.; ὄχθαι καπέτοιο the banks of the trench, Il.; also the dunes or denes along the sea (cf. θίς) , Od.