COMPOUND: γαιήοχος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘earth-holding’ or ‘earth-moving, earth/carrying’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem γαιη- (γαῖα) ‘land, earth’ + verbal root οχ- (ἔχω) ‘hold’ or (ὀχέω) ‘bear, carry, bring’  + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. IX, 183; XIII, 43, 59, 83, 125, 677; XIV, 355; XV, 174, 201, 222; XX, 34; XXIII, 584; Od. I, 68, III, 55; VIII, 322, 350; IX, 528; XI, 241;
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., dat. m. sg., acc. m. sg., voc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruša (V-governing)
NOTES: epith. of Poseidon