ὄσσε
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
τώ, prop. neut. dual,
A the two eyes, nom. and acc. freq. in Hom., who however adds the Adj. in the pl., ὄ. φαεινά, αἱματόεντα, Il.13.435, 616 (dual φαεινώ 14.236): and the Verb in the sg., πυρὶ δ' ὄ. δεδήει 12.466 ; ὀξύτατον κεφαλῆς ἒκ δέρκεται ὄ. 23.477 ; ἐν δέ οἱ ὄ. δαίεται Od.6.131 : later gen. pl. ὄσσων Hes.Th.826, A.Pr.400 (lyr.), Supp.Epigr. 3.400.5 (Delph., iii B.C.); dat. ὄσσοις, ὄσσοισι, Hes.Sc.145, 426,430, Sapph.29, A.Pr.144 (lyr.), 679, Ag.469 (lyr.), S.Ant.1231, Ichn.47, etc.; Eust.58.28 cites also dat. ὄσσει, and Hsch. gen. pl. ὀσσέων. (Prob. I.-E. oq[uglide]-ye, cf. ὄσσομαι, ὄψομαι.)
