ὄσσε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[τώ]], prop. neut. dual, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the two eyes]], nom. and acc. freq. in Hom., who however adds the Adj. in the pl., <b class="b3">ὄ. φαεινά, αἱματόεντα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.435</span>, <span class="bibl">616</span> (dual φαεινώ <span class="bibl">14.236</span>): and the Verb in the sg., πυρὶ δ' ὄ. δεδήει <span class="bibl">12.466</span>; ὀξύτατον κεφαλῆς ἒκ δέρκεται ὄ. <span class="bibl">23.477</span>; ἐν δέ οἱ ὄ. δαίεται <span class="bibl">Od.6.131</span> : later gen. pl. ὄσσων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>826</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>400</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span> 3.400.5 (Delph., iii B.C.); dat. [[ὄσσοις]], [[ὄσσοισι]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>145</span>, <span class="bibl">426</span>,<span class="bibl">430</span>, Sapph.29, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>144</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">679</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>469</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1231</span>, <span class="title">Ichn.</span>47, etc.; <span class="bibl">Eust.58.28</span> cites also dat. [[ὄσσει]], and Hsch. gen. pl. [[ὀσσέων]]. (Prob. I.-E. <b class="b2">oqu̯-ye</b>, cf. [[ὄσσομαι]], [[ὄψομαι]].) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. pl.<br />Meaning: du. both eyes (Il.; cf. Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 69 f.).<br />Compounds: As 2. member in <b class="b3">τρι-οττ-ίς</b> f. <b class="b2">pendant provided with three eyes (eye-like ornaments)</b> (cf. <b class="b3">τρίγλημα ἕρματα</b>) with the dimin. <b class="b3">-ιον</b> (Hdn. Gr., Eust.); also <b class="b3">-ης</b> m. (Phot., EM).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [775] <b class="b2">*h₃ekʷ-</b> [[see]]<br />Etymology: Inherited dual, < <b class="b2">*ok(ʷ)i̯e</b> < <b class="b2">*h₃ekʷih₁</b>, identical with OCS <b class="b2">oč-i</b> 'both eyes', Arm. <b class="b2">ač̣-k`</b> pl. [[eyes]] (Brugmann-Thumb 271, Schwyzer 565) S. Forssman MSS 25 (1969) 39f. -- Further s. [[ὄμμα]], [[ὄπωπα]], [[ὄσσομαι]].