ὤψ
κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν → I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre
English (LSJ)
ἡ, EM344.55, but ὁ, Ar.Byz. (v. infr.), Eust.1426.55 (v. infr.), gen. ὠπός, acc. ὦπα:—
A eye, face, countenance, Hom. and Hes., only in acc. sing.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι τινί to look one in the face, Il.9.373; ἐπὴν ἔλθητε Διός τ' εἰς ὦπα ἴδησθε 15.147: abs., δεινὸς εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι Od.22.405, cf. 23.107; θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν in face she is like the goddesses, Il.3.158; οὐ μὲν γάρ τι κακῷ εἰς ὦπα ἐῴκει Od.1.411; θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἐΐσκειν Hes.Op.62.—masc. acc. pl., μεγάλους ὦπας Ar. Byz. ap. Ath.7.287b, cf. Ath.9.367a, Gal.12.804, Eust. l. c.; διγλήνους ὦπας Theoc.Ep.6.2, cf. EM233.32: but τὰ ὦπα Pl.Cra.409c: dat. ὤπεσσι Max.157. (Cf. ὄψ B.)
