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|Definition=ἡ, ''poet.'' Noun,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[voice]], in Hom. always of the gods, ταῦτα θεῶν ἐκ πεύσεται ὀμφῆς Il.20.129; ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od.3.215,16.96; <b class="b3">θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτ' ὀ.</b>, of the [[voice]] of the dream sent by Zeus to Agamemnon, Il.2.41; [[oracle]] delivered from the inner shrine at Pytho, Thgn.808; τρίποδος Philostr.''Im.''2.19; <b class="b3">κληροῦν ὀμφάν</b> (v. [[κληρόω]] II.2); signified by the flight of birds, ὀ. οἰωνοῖο A.R.3.939: also in plural, κατ' ὀμφὰς τὰς Ἀπόλλωνος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''102; <b class="b3">κατ' ὀμφὴν σήν</b> on hearing thy [[message]], ib.550, cf. 1351.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sweet]], [[tuneful voice]], Pi.''Fr.''152; <b class="b3">ὀμφαὶ μελέων</b> ib.75.19; ἁδεῖαι.. ὀμφαί Id.''N.''10.34, cf. S.''Ichn.''321 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, a [[voice]], [[sound]], ἰΰζειν ὀμφάν A.''Supp.''808(lyr.); μύθων αὐδαθέντων ὀ. E.''Med.''175 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> ὀμφά· ὀσμή (Lacon.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], dub. cj. in ''Lyr.Adesp.''63; cf. [[εὔομφος]] 1, [[ποτόμφει]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[ὄμφαι]], αἱ, name of the best kind of [[nard]], τὰς ὄμφας ὀνομαζομένας βαρβάρῳ γλώττῃ κτλ. Gal.14.74. (In sense 1 cogn. with Engl. [[song]]: in sense 11 with ONorse anga 'give out a sweet scent', angi 'scent', ang 'pleasant sensation'.)