ὄα
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
English (LSJ)
(A), ἡ,
A service-tree, Sorbus domestica, Thphr., etc.: ὄα in Hsch., but codd. of Thphr. have ὄη in HP2.2.10 ; ὄα in 2.7.7 ; ὄη in 3.12.9, 3.15.4, CP3.1.4 ; οὔα in HP3.6.5. II its fruit was ὄον, τό, sorbapple, or service-berry, which was split and pickled for use, Pl.Smp. 190d, Dsc.1.120 :—in Pl.l.c. codd. have ὠϊά, ὠά, and in Dsc. οὖα, which latter form also occurs in Hp.Vict.2.55, Thphr.HP3.2.1, CP 2.8.2 ; ὄη τὸ δένδρον, ἧς ὁ καρπὸς ὄα καλεῖται, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν πολλῶν οὖα Gal.12.87.
ὄα (B) or ὀά, ἡ,=ὤα,
A hem or border, A.Fr.280A, Ar.Fr.228 ; σινδόνας . . αἳ ὄας ἔχουσιν prob. in CIG2860ii7 (Didyma), cf. Poll.7.62, Ael. Dion.Fr.266. II sheep-skin, v. ᾤα.
German (Pape)
[Seite 288] ἡ, = οἴα, Schaaffell, Poll. 7, 62. S. auch ὤα. ἡ, auch ὄη u. οἴη, der Sperberbaum, sorbus, seine Frucht, ὄον, Sperber- od. Arlesbeeren, Theophr., Diosc.
