ὀφθαλμός

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι,

   A v. ὄψ B) eye, used by Hom. and Hes. mostly in pl.; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ' ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν . . ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι Od.19.211: sg., παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. Hdt.9.22: the pl. continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in Ar.Nu.362: pl. is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος before one's eyes, Il.24.204; οὐδ' Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι ib.463; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc., 10.275, Od.4.47, etc.; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes, 8.459, Il.24.312; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, X.An.4.5.29; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, Pl.Tht.174c; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, Id.R.452d; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. Id.Smp.213a; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι Aeschin.2.148; ἐπ' ὀφθαλμῶν Luc. Tox.20; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, Hdt.5.106; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι Id.1.120; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν Alciphr. 3.20; κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opp. εἰς οὖς, Ar.Ra.626; τυράννου κατ' ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, X. Hier.1.14: sg. in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν, by eye, PHolm.7.23, PLeid.X.62; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει Philostr.Im.1.19, cf. IG22.1607.24, Poll.1.86; whence the joke in Ar.Ach.97.    2 στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, Gal.17(1).400.    II in sg., the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. Hes.Op.267; Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθ' ὁρᾷ Men.Mon.179; δεσπότου ὀ. X.Oec.12.20; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, Secund.Sent.3; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων A.Ch.934 (so ὄμμα Pers. 169); and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως the king's eye was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, A.Pers.979(lyr.), Hdt.1.114, Ar.Ach.92, X.Cyr.8.2.10 sq., Arist.Pol. 1287b29, Ph.1.642; cf. οὖς.    III the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, Pi.O.3.20, A.Th.390; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, Secund.Sent.5.    IV the dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, Pi.O.2.10, 6.16; also, light, cheer, comfort, μέγας <γ'> ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι S.OT 987, cf. E.Andr.406.    V eye or bud of a plant or tree, Alcm.43, Ion Eleg.1.6, Hp.Nat.Puer.26, X.Oec. 19.10, Thphr.HP1.8.5, etc.    VI a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes, Hp.Off.7, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.29,30.    VII Archit., in dual, the disks forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, IG12.374.291.

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[Seite 425] ὁ (οπ, ὤφθην, nicht zusammengesetzt), das Auge, Hom. u. Folgde überall; ὃν ὀφθαλμοῦ ἀλάωσεν, Od. 1, 69; κατὰ δ' ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ' ἀχλύς, Il. 16, 344; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ' ὡςεὶ κέρα ἕστασαν ἠὲ σίδηρος, Od. 19, 211; auch ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, u. ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς, Hom.; ἀνδρὸς ἐς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐλθέμεν, Il. 24, 520, wie auch wir sagen: vor die Augen kommen, vor sein Angesicht; ὄφρ' ἤτοι τοῦτον ἐπιφλέγῃ ἀκάματον πῦρ θᾶσσον ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν, 23, 53; u. so ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν γενέσθαι, aus den Augen kommen, wie γίγνεσθαί τινι ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν, Her. 5, 106, Xen. Hier. 6, 13; τὠφθαλμὼ παραβάλλων, Plat. Conv. 221 b; τὸ δὲ δεῖξαι λέγω εἰς τὴν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αἴσθησιν καταστῆσαι, Crat. 430 e; er verbindet τὰ παρὰ ποδὸς καὶ τὰ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς, das was vor Augen offen daliegt, Theaet. 174 c; κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί, Einem ins Gesicht Etwas sagen, Ar. Ran. 626, wie τυράννου κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς κατηγορεῖν, Xen. Hier. 1, 14; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἔχειν τινά, Jem. in den Augen behalten, nicht aus den Augen lassen, An. 4, 5, 29; πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν λαμβάνειν τι, τιθέναι τί τινι, Pol. 2, 35, 8. 3, 108, 1. – Uebertr., αἰθέρος ὀφθαλμός, von der Sonne u. dem Monde, poet. bei Suid.; ὅλον ἑσπέρας ὀφθαλμόν, Pind. Ol. 3, 21; νυκτός, Aesch. Spt. 372; auch ὀφθαλμὸν οἴκων, Ch. 922; auch übh. das Köstlichste, Beste, Σικελίας, Pind. Ol. 2, 11; στρατιᾶς, 6, 16; καὶ μὴν μέγας γ' ὀφθαλμός οἱ πατρὸς τάφος, Soph. O. R. 987; εἷς παῖς ὅδ' ἦν μοι λοιπὸς ὀφθαλμὸς βίου, Eur. Andr. 407; sp. D. – Bei den Persern heißen βασιλέως ὀφθαλμοί des Königs Räthe, durch welche er seine Unterthanen sah, Aesch. Pers. 941; vgl. Schol. Ar. Ach. 92; Xen. Cyr. 8, 2, 12; Plut. Artax. 12. – Beim Schiffe ist es nach Schol. Ar. a. a. O. κώπης τρῆμα, Ruderpforte; nach Poll. 1, 86 u. Att. Seew. II, 68. 75 ein runder Schild mit dem Namen des Schiffes am Vordertheile angebracht. – Auch die Knospen und Augen der Bäume und Pflanzen, Theophr. u. Sp.