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|Definition=ὁ: (v. sub fin.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the shoulder with the upper arm]] ([[ὠλένη]] being [[the lower]]), ξίφεϊ κληῗδα παρ' ὦμον πλῆξ', ἀπὸ δ' αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ' ἀπὸ νώτου <span class="bibl">Il.5.146</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.325</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.62</span>; μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς <span class="bibl">Il.5.41</span>; τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων συλήσειν <span class="bibl">15.544</span>; <b class="b3">ὦμος στιβαρός, ὦμοι ἴφθιμοι</b>, <span class="bibl">5.400</span>, <span class="bibl">18.204</span>; εὐρέες <span class="bibl">3.210</span>; κυρτώ <span class="bibl">2.217</span>; ἀμφ' ὤμοισιν ἔχει σάκος <span class="bibl">11.527</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>453</span>; ἐπ' ὤμου . . φέρειν <span class="bibl">Od.10.170</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.19.39</span>; ἀρεῖτ' ἐπ' ὤμου <span class="bibl">Herod.3.61</span>; <b class="b3">κατ' ὤμου δεῖρον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3</span>; ἐπ' ὤμων πατέρ' ἔχων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>373</span>; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613c</span>; ὤμοισι φόρησεν <span class="bibl">Il.19.11</span>; ἑλὼν . . σάκος ὤμῳ <span class="bibl">15.474</span>; [[ὤμῳ]] or <b class="b3">ὤμοισιν ἔχειν</b>, <span class="bibl">14.376</span>, <span class="bibl">1.45</span>, al.; [[ὤμοις]] or <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὤμοις φέρειν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>454</span>, <span class="title">Tr</span>564; ἔχειν ἀνὰ φαιδίμῳ ὤμῳ <span class="bibl">Od.11.128</span>, <span class="bibl">23.275</span>; λαβὼν . . ὦμον εἰς ἀριστερόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1381</span>; ἐπ' ὤμοις θεῖναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>755</span>; κίον' οὐρανοῦ . . ὤμοις ἐρείδων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>350</span>; <b class="b3">ὤμοισι τοῖσι ἐμοῖσι</b> 'by the strength of mine [[arms]]', <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.106</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποστρέψαι τὸν ὦ</b>. to dislocate [[it]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>263</span> (troch.); ὁ δ' ὦμος . . πιέζεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>30</span>; τὸν ὦμον θλίβομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>323</span>: pl. for sg., ὤμοις ἀριστεροῖσιν ἀνακλάσας δέρην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1471</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[the shoulder]] is sts. more exactly specified as [[πρυμνότατος]] or <b class="b3">πρυμνὸς ὦμος</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.462</span>,<span class="bibl">504</span>; νείατος ὦ. <span class="bibl">Il.15.341</span>, <span class="bibl">17.310</span>; sts. opp. [[χείρ]] (the arm), χεῖρες ὤμων . . ἐπαΐσσονται <span class="bibl">23.628</span>; τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπ' μων ἀΐσσοντο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>150</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς ὤμους ἀποταμόντες σὺν τῇσι χερσί</b> (arms) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.62</span>; ἀποταμόντα ἐν τῷ ὤμῳ τὴν χεῖρα <span class="bibl">Id.2.121</span>.έ, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1127</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493b26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> also of animals. as of a horse, <span class="bibl">Il.6.510</span>, <span class="bibl">15.267</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.6</span>; of a lion, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>430</span>; of a dog, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.1</span>; of crabs, <span class="bibl">Batr.296</span>; of birds, Plu.2.983b; of ants, <span class="title">Gp.</span>13.10.14. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[the shoulder]], in a dress, ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆς ἐπωμίδος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>28.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">25(29)</span>; ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ τοῦ χιτῶνος ὑποθέντες <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.31.23</span> codd. (<b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῇ ᾤᾳ</b> cj. Haupt). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of [[the parts below the top]] or [[head]] of any thing, esp. of [[the fork of a vine]] (cf. [[ὠμοχάραξ]]), <span class="title">Gp.</span>4.12.4; of the womb, Heroph. ap. Gal.4.596, cf. <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>195</span>. (Cf. Lat. [[umerus]] (fr. <b class="b2">*omesos</b>), Goth. [[ams]] (stem <b class="b2">amsa-</b>), Skt. [[áṃsas]], also Aeol. <b class="b3">ἐπ-ομμάδιος</b>, and (non-Greek) ἀμέσω Hsch.) </span>