ὄψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ἡ, poetic Noun, used in obliq. cases of sg., [[ὀπός]], [[ὀπί]], [[ὄπα]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[voice]], whether in speaking, shouting, lamenting, Ἀτρείδεω ὀπὸς ἔκλυον <span class="bibl">Il.16.76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.150</span>, <span class="bibl">18.222</span>, <span class="bibl">22.451</span>, etc.; or in singing, Κίρκης . . ἀειδούσης ὀπὶ καλῇ <span class="bibl">Od.10.221</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.61</span>; ἄειδον ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ <span class="bibl">Il.1.604</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>41</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.84</span>, al., <span class="bibl">B.16.129</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>60</span> (lyr.), etc.; also of cicadae, ὄπα λειριόεσσαν ἱεῖσι <span class="bibl">Il.3.152</span>; of lambs, ἀκούουσαι ὄπα ἀρνῶν <span class="bibl">4.435</span>; of flutes, αὐλῶν φθεγγομένων ἱμερόεσσαν ὄπα <span class="bibl">Thgn. 532</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[word]], ὡς γὰρ ἐγὼν ὄπ' ἄκουσα θεῶν <span class="bibl">Il.7.53</span>; ἀμείλικτον δ' ὄπ' ἄκουσαν <span class="bibl">11.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.98</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1068</span> (lyr.), etc. (Cogn. with [[ἔπος]], [[εἰπεῖν]].)</span><br /><span class="bld">ὄψ</span> (B), ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">ὀπός, (ὄψομαι)</b> <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ὄψις]], [[the eye]], [[face]], <span class="bibl">Emp.88</span>, <span class="bibl">Antim.63</span>.</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[voice]], [[sound]], [[word]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: only in [[ὄπα]], <b class="b3">-ός</b>, <b class="b3">-ί</b>.<br />Compounds: On [[εὑρύοπα]], s. v.<br />Derivatives: On [[ὄσσα]] f., s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] <b class="b2">*u̯ekʷ-</b> [[speak]].<br />Etymology: Suffixless noun to the athem. verb Skt. <b class="b2">vák-ti</b> [[he speaks]], IE <b class="b2">*u̯okʷ-s</b> bzw. <b class="b2">*u̯ekʷ-ti</b>; with long vowel Lat. [[vōx]]. Besides an <b class="b2">s-</b>stem in [[ἔπος]] (s.v.). -- Cf. [[ἐνοπή]].<br />2. [[ὀπός]] Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[eye]], [[face]]<br />See also: s. [[ὄπωπα]].