ὄφις
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
English (LSJ)
ὁ, gen. ὄφεως, poet. also
A ὄφεος E.Supp.703, Ba.1026, 1331; Dor. and Ion. ὄφιος Hes. Th.322, Hdt.9.81, Arat.82:—serpent, αἰόλος Il.12.208; γλαυκῶπα ποικιλόνωτον ὄφιν Pi.P.4.249, cf.A.Ch.544, S.Ph.1328, Hdt.8.41, Pl.Phd.112d, R.358b, etc.; ὁ ψυχρὸς ὄ. Theoc.15.58; equiv. to δράκων in Hes.Th.322, 825: metaph., πτηνὸν ἀργηστὴν ὄφιν, of an arrow, A.Eu.181. II like δράκων, a serpent-like bracelet, Men.387, Nicostr. Com.33, Philostr.Ep.22; ὄφεις is Att. for ψέλλια acc. to Moer. p.288 P. 2 τρικάρηνος ὄ. ὁ χάλκεος dedicated at Delphi ( = SIG 31), Hdt.9.81. III the constellation Serpens, Arat.82, Eudox. ap.Hipparch.1.2.18. IV a creeping plant, Hp.Mul.2.114. V a kind of fish, v. ὀφίδιον 11. VI guinea-worm (elsewh. δρακόντιον), Ruf.Interrog.65. VII = ὀφίασις I, Cels.6.4, Poll.4.192. [The first syll. is sts. made long in the older Poets, αἰόλον ὄφιν Il.12.208, cf. Hippon.49.6; so ὀφιοέσσης Antim.78. It was then pronounced (and perh. written) ὄπφις, ὀπφιοέσσης, v. Eust.Il. l.c.—The ult. of the nom. and acc. ὄφις, ὄφιν is commonly long, as in Hes. Th.334, A.Ch.928, A.R.2.1269, Mosch.4.22; short only in later Poets, as A.R.4.128, 1398, Arat.578.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 426] εως, ion. ιος, ὁ, die Schlange; αἰόλος, Il. 12, 208; γλαυκῶπα, ποικιλόνωτον ὄφιν, Pind. P. 4, 249; mit δράκων gleichbedeutend, Hes. Th. 322. 825; τόνδ' ὄφιν ἐθρεψάμην, Aesch. Ch. 915; ὄφεων δὲ πλεκτάναισι περίδρομον κύτος προσηδάφισται, Spt. 477, der übertr. von einem Pfeile sagt λαβοῦσα πτηνὸν ἀργηστὴν ὄφιν, Eum. 181; Soph. Phil. 1312; Her. 8, 41. 9, 81; ὥςπερ ὄφις κηληθῆναι, Plat. Rep. II, 358 b; ὥςπερ οἱ ὄφεις, Phaed. 112 d; Sp. – Ein Sternbild, die Schlange, Arat. – Ein schlangenförmiges Armband, Men. bei Hesych. – Bei Hippocr. auch eine Schlingpflanze, u. bei den Medic. = ὀφίασις. – [Die erste Sylbe findet sich bei den älteren Dichtern zuweilen lang gebraucht, Il. 12, 208, vgl. Wolf praef. Il. p. LXXI u. Spitzner vers. her. p. 78, weshalb einige ὄπφις schreiben wollten, Schaef. Theogn. 334. – In ὄφιν ist bei Hes. Th. 334 die letzte Sylbe in der Vershebung lang.]
