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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[ear]]; metaph. [[handle]](Il.; IA).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ὦς</b> (Theoc., hell.). Gen. <b class="b3">ὠτός</b>, nom. acc. pl. <b class="b3">ὦτα</b> etc. (IA.), <b class="b3">οὔατος</b>, <b class="b3">-ατα</b> etc., with n. a. sg. <b class="b3">οὖας</b> (Simon.); besides <b class="b3">ἆτα</b> (cod. <b class="b3">ἄτα</b>) <b class="b3">ὦτα</b>. <b class="b3">Ταραντῖνοι</b> H.; prob. also sg. <b class="b3">αὖς</b> (Paul. Fest. 100, 4; Wackernagel IF 45, 312ff. = Kl. Schr. 2, 1252ff.); further details on the inflection in Schwyzer 520.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[anowoto]]; also [[anowe]] like <b class="b3">ἀμφ-ώης</b> [[with two ears or handles]] (Theoc.; <b class="b3">ἄμφ-ωτος</b> Od.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ὠτ-ακουστέω</b> <b class="b2">to eavesdrop, to listen, to attend</b> (Hdt., X., D., Plb.), compound of <b class="b3">ὠτὶ ἀκουστόν</b> (opposite <b class="b3">ἀν-ηκουστέω</b> : <b class="b3">οὑκ ἀκουστόν</b>; cf. <b class="b3">ἀμνηστέω</b> and Schwyzer 726; not correct Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 68), with <b class="b3">ὠτακουστής</b> m. [[eavesdropper]], [[listener]] (Arist.); <b class="b3">ἀν-ούατος</b> <b class="b2">without ears, without handles</b> (Theoc.), <b class="b3">ἄ-ωτος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Philet., Plu.); <b class="b3">μυόσ-ωτ-ον</b> (<b class="b3">μύ-ωτον</b>) n., <b class="b3">-ίς</b> f. "mouse-ear" (the plant) [[madwort]], [[Asperugo]], from <b class="b3">μυὸς ὦτα</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Dsc.; Strömberg Pfl.namen 42). On <b class="b3">λαγώς</b> s. v.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὠτ-ίον</b> n. [[handle]], [[ear]] (Theopomp. Com., LXX, NT), <b class="b3">-άριον</b> n. <b class="b2">id.</b> (com. IVa); <b class="b3">οὑατ-όεις</b> [[with ears]], [[handles]] (Simon., Call.; also in Hom. a. Hes. for <b class="b3">ὠτώεις</b> to be reconstructed; Wackernagel Unt. 168f.), <b class="b3">ὠτ-ικός</b> [[belonging to the ear]] (Gal., Dsc.). Also <b class="b3">ὠτ-ίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[bustard]] (X., Arist.; after the cheek-plumes or the tuft?; Thompson Birds s.v.); besides <b class="b3">ὦτ-ος</b> m. [[eared owl]] (Arist.; after the ear-plumes). -- On [[ἐνῴδιον]], [[ἐνώτιον]] s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [785] <b class="b2">*h₂(e\/o)us-</b> [[ear]].<br />Etymology: The pair <b class="b3">οὖς</b>, <b class="b3">ὦς</b> (cf. <b class="b3">βοῦς</b>, <b class="b3">βῶς</b>) can be derived from IE <b class="b2">*ōus</b>; Lat. [[aur-is]], [[aus-cultō]] a.o. contain an <b class="b2">e-</b>grade (<b class="b2">*h₂eus-</b>), which may also be found in <b class="b3">ἆτα</b> from <b class="b3">*αὔσ-ατα</b>; s. also on <b class="b3">ἀάνθα</b>. To be noted old Att. <b class="b3">ΟΣ</b>, which seems to point to a contraction; one wanted to construct (since J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 407) a basis <b class="b2">*ous-os</b>, for which a support was seen in OCS [[ucho]] n. [[ear]], gen. [[ušes-e]] ; but it is also possible to read <b class="b3">ὦς</b> (after <b class="b3">ὠτός</b> etc.). The other forms can without problem be derived from IE <b class="b2">*ōus-n-tos</b> etc. with diff. phonetic developments, s. the extensive treatment in Schwyzer 520 a. 348, WP. 1,18 w. rich lit. The in <b class="b3">οὔ-α-τος</b> incorporated <b class="b2">n-</b>enlargement is also found in Arm. [[un-kn]] (with <b class="b2">-kn</b> after [[akn]] [[eye]]; so not comparable with <b class="b3">ὠκίδες ἐνώτια</b> H.) and in Germ., e.g. Goth. [[auso]], [[ausin-s]]. -- From the further forms are especially notable the old duals Av. [[uš-i]] (IE <b class="b2">*h₂us-ī</b>, with zero grade); OCS [[uš-ī]] (IE <b class="b2">*h₂us-ī</b> ). Further details from diff. languages w. rich lit. in WP. (s. ab.), Pok. 785, W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. [[auris]], Vasmer s. <b class="b2">úcho</b>; older lit. also in Bq. -- (See also [[παρειαί]], <b class="b3">παρήϊον</b>; not here [[ἀκούω]], [[ἀκροάομαι]].)