ἐνῶπα

Spanish (DGE)

(ἐνῶπᾰ) • Alolema(s): acent. ἔνωπα Hsch., Sch.Er.Il.15.320
adv. de frente, enfrente, ante la vista κατ' ἐνῶπα ἰδὼν Δαναῶν mirando de frente a los dánaos, Il.15.320.

• Etimología: v. ὤψ

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Grammatical information: adv.
Meaning: in the face, openly; against m. gen. (Ο 320, Orph. L., Epigr.), univerbation of ἐν ὦπα, cf. ἔναντα and Schwyzer 619.
Other forms: only in κατενῶπα (κατ' ἐνῶπα, κατένωπα)
Derivatives: ἐνωπα-δίως from face to face, in the flesh (ψ 94), -δίς (A. R. 4, 351), -δόν (Q. S. 2, 84) id..
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [775] *h₃ekʷ- eye
Etymology: Through hypostasis arose ἐνώπ-ιος in the face, visible, mostly. neutr. as adv. and prep. ἐνώπιον (w. gen.) in the flesh, personally (hell.), κατενώπιον id. (hell.). Neutr. pl. ἐνώπια front wall, ouside wall, fassade of a house (Hom.), also in sing. (Delos IIa); face (A. Supp. 146 [lyr.]). - An isolated dative is ἐνωπῃ̃ in the face, openly (Ε 374), from ἐνωπή look, face (only in ἐνωπῆς γλήνεα Nik. Th. 227; simplex ὠπή A. R.), if not reformatiom of ἐνῶπα after the adverbial datives in -ῃ̃ (σπουδῃ̃ etc.; Schwyzer 622), cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 249. - See ὤψ; and cf. πρόσωπον and μέτωπον.