ὄθομαι
From LSJ
Ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → Sile, melius vel loquere silentio → Was besser ist als Schweigen, sage oder schweig
English (LSJ)
only pres. and impf.,
A take heed, Hom. only in Il., and always with neg.: abs., οὐκ ἀλεγίζει οὐδ' ὄθεται Il.15.107 : c. inf., οὐκ ὄθεται φίλον ἦτορ ἶσον ἐμοὶ φάσθαι ib.166, cf. 182 : with part. for inf., ὃς οὐκ ὄθετ' αἴσυλα ῥέζων 5.403 : c. gen. pers., regard, σέθεν . . οὐκ ἀλεγίζω, οὐδ' ὄθομαι κοτέοντος 1.181; ἐμεῖο οὐκ ὄθεται A.R.3.94, cf. 1.1267. (Cf. ὀθεύει, ὀθέω, ὄθη.)
