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|Definition=(nom. sg. freq. in <span class="title">IG</span>Il(2).161 <span class="title">B</span>126, al. (Delos, iii B. C.), v. sub fin.), τό, gen. [[ὠτός]], dat. [[ὠτί]]: pl. nom. [[ὦτα]], gen. [[ὤτων]], dat. [[ὠσί]] ([[ὤτοις]] condemned by Phryn.186):—Hom. has only acc. sg. and dat. pl. (v. infr.); the other cases he forms as if from [[οὖας]] (which is found in <span class="bibl">Simon.37.14</span>), gen. [[οὔατος]], pl. nom. and acc. [[οὔατα]] (also in <span class="bibl">Epich.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>8</span>,al., <span class="title">SIG</span>1025.62 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.)), dat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> οὔασι <span class="bibl">Il.12.442</span> (ὠσίν <span class="bibl">Od.12.200</span>): Hellenistic nom. sg. ὦς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.33</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>1.12.29</span>, <span class="bibl">2.15</span> ii I (ii B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>7.3498.19 (Oropus, ii B. C.), Roussel Cultes Egyptiens 217 (Delos, ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>87.14</span> (ii B. C.): also Dor. ὦς <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.32</span>; pl.<b class="b3">ὤϝαθ'</b> cj. for <b class="b3">ὦτά θ'</b> in <span class="bibl">Alcm.41</span>:—[[ear]], Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει <span class="bibl">Il.11.109</span>; [κηρὸν] ἐπ' ὠσὶν ἄλειψ' Od. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ' οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο</b> oh may I never hear of such a thing! <span class="bibl">Il.18.272</span>; αἲ γὰρ ἀπ' οὔατος εἴη <span class="bibl">22.454</span>; ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει <span class="bibl">10.535</span>; <b class="b3">ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα</b>, of horses, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.129</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>27</span>, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ… οἰκέει ὁ θυμός <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.39</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1.8</span>; <b class="b3">βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος</b> [[ring]]s in the [[ear]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>605</span>; φθόγγος βάλλει δι' ὤτων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1188</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>56</span> (lyr.); δι' ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 1437</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὀξὺν δι' ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">737</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1387</span>; δι' ὤτων ἦν λόγος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1139</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>294</span>, <span class="bibl">566</span>; so ἁμῖν τοῦτο δι' ὠτὸς ἔγεντο <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.27</span>; λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>149</span> (anap.); εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ… ηὔδα λόγους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1091</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hipp.</span>932</span>; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 275e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> (ἐς cj. Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>105</span>; reversely, [[παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα]] = to [[lend the ears]], i. e. to [[attend]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>396d</span>, etc.; so ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>216a</span>; παραβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>531a</span>, cf. Call.Fr. anon.<span class="bibl">375</span>; τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1347</span>; ὦτα [[χορηγεῖν]] Plu.2.232f; <b class="b3">ἀποκλείειν τὰ ὦτα</b> ib.143f; <b class="b3">οἱ ὦτα ἔχοντες</b> those who have [[ear]]s to [[hear]], ib. 1113c: metaph., of spies in Persia, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.10s</span>q., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287b30</span>; τὸ τῶν λεγομένων ὤτων καὶ προσαγωγέων γένος Plu.2.522f; <b class="b3">τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες</b>, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613c</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], v. [[λύκος]]; [[τεθλασμένος]] οὔατα [[πυγμαῖος|πυγμαῖς]], of a [[boxer]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.45</span> (cf. [[ὠτοκάταξις]]) <b class="b3">; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν</b> sleep [[soundly]], Aeschin. Socr.54 D. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> from resemblance to an [[ear]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[handle]], especially of [[pitcher]]s, cups, etc., οὔατα δ' αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ' ἔσαν <span class="bibl">Il.11.633</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.378</span>, Bion ap. Plu.2.536a, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span>126 (Delos, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>2.23</span>, Dsc.5.87; [ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον <span class="bibl">Alex.270.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Archit., = [[παρωτίς]] <span class="bibl">4</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.372.201, cf. 319.6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">οὖς Ἀφροδίτης</b>, a kind of [[shellfish]], Antig.Car. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.3.88a</span>; <b class="b3">οὖς θαλάττιον</b>, = [[ἀγρία λεπάς]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>529b16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ὦτα</b> (οὔατα Hp.) <b class="b3">τῆς καρδίας</b> the [[auricle]]s of the [[heart]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>8</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>6.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.615K.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> name of part of a [[bandage]], Heraclas ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.48.15</span> tit. [Written <b class="b3">ὀ̄ς</b> in <span class="title">IG</span>12. Il.cc.] (Cogn. with Lat. [[auris]], Lith. ausìs, OE. éar, etc.; details obscure; nom. sg. [[οὖς]] perhaps from <b class="b3">*ο(ϝ)ος</b> (contained in [[ἀμφώης]]).)</span>