οὐτάω
ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ → you can tell a fox by its tail, small traits give the clue to the character of a person
English (LSJ)
3sg.
A οὐτᾷ A.Ch.640 (lyr.); Ep. imper. οὔτᾰε Od.22.356: fut. οὐτήσω Nonn.D.21.37: aor. οὔτησα Il.11.260; Ion. οὐτήσασκε 22.375 :—Pass., aor. part. οὐτηθείς 8.537.—As pres. and impf. Hom. uses οὐτάζω, Act. and Pass., Il.20.459, 7.273, al. (so E.Fr.176): hence fut. οὐτάσω Id.Rh.255 (lyr.): aor. οὔτᾰσα Il.7.258, E.HF199: pf. Pass. οὔτασται Il.11.661; part. οὐτασμένος Od.11.536, A.Ag.1344.— Also (as if from οὔτημι) 3sg. Ep.aor. οὖτᾰ Il.4.525, 11.491, 13.561, etc.; inf. οὐτάμεναι 21.68, al., οὐτάμεν 5.132,821; part. (in pass. sense) οὐτάμενος 11.659, 17.86, Od.11.40, Hes.Sc.363; Ion. Iterat. οὔτασκε Il.15.745 (cf. ἀν-, νε-ούτατος):—Ep. Verb, used sts. in Trag. (never by S.), wound, hurt, hit with any kind of weapon, οὖτα δὲ δουρί Il.4.525, cf. 11.260, al.; οὐ. ἔγχεϊ 21.402; χαλκῷ 12.427; but prop. opp. βάλλω (q. v.), wound by striking or thrusting, 11.659, etc.: which is more fully expressed by σχεδὸν οὔτασε, 5.458; αὐτοσχεδὸν οὐτάζοντο 7.273; αὐτοσχεδίην οὐτασμένος Od.11.536: mostly with acc. of pers. or part wounded, c. dupl. acc., Κύπριδα . . οὔτασε χεῖρα Il.5.458; Ληόκριτον οὖτα . . κενεῶνα Od.22.294; also οὐ. τινὰ κατὰ χρόα, κατ' ἰσχίον, κατ' ἀσπίδα, etc., Il.12.427 (Pass.), 11.338,434, al.: more rarely c. acc. rei, σάκος οὔτασε δουρί pierced the shield, 7.258, al., cf. Hes.Sc.363 (Pass.): c. acc. cogn., ἕλκος, ὅ με βροτὸς οὔτασεν ἀνήρ the wound which a man struck me withal, Il.5.361: hence κατ' οὐταμένην ὠτειλήν by the wound inflicted, 14.518; so also τὸ ξίφος διανταίαν [πληγήν] . . οὐτᾷ A.Ch.640 (lyr.). 2 sts. generally, wound, like βάλλω, πυρί with lightning, E.Hipp.684; τοξεύμασιν Id.HF199, cf. Opp.H.2.372.