ὄσσε
Πᾶσα γυνὴ χόλος ἐστὶν· ἔχει δ' ἀγαθὰς δύο ὥρας, τὴν μίαν ἐν θαλάμῳ, τὴν μίαν ἐν θανάτῳ → Every woman is an annoyance. She has two good times: one in the bedroom, one in death.
English (LSJ)
τώ, prop. neut. dual,
A the two eyes, nom. and acc. freq. in Hom., who however adds the Adj. in the pl., ὄ. φαεινά, αἱματόεντα, Il.13.435, 616 (dual φαεινώ 14.236): and the Verb in the sg., πυρὶ δ' ὄ. δεδήει 12.466 ; ὀξύτατον κεφαλῆς ἒκ δέρκεται ὄ. 23.477 ; ἐν δέ οἱ ὄ. δαίεται Od.6.131 : later gen. pl. ὄσσων Hes.Th.826, A.Pr.400 (lyr.), Supp.Epigr. 3.400.5 (Delph., iii B.C.); dat. ὄσσοις, ὄσσοισι, Hes.Sc.145, 426,430, Sapph.29, A.Pr.144 (lyr.), 679, Ag.469 (lyr.), S.Ant.1231, Ichn.47, etc.; Eust.58.28 cites also dat. ὄσσει, and Hsch. gen. pl. ὀσσέων. (Prob. I.-E. oq[uglide]-ye, cf. ὄσσομαι, ὄψομαι.)
