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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[auris]], the ear, Hom.; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, Hdt.; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ [[κέλαδος]] rings in the ear, Aesch.; [[φθόγγος]] βάλλει δι' [[ὤτων]] Soph.; δι' [[ὤτων]] ἦν [[λόγος]], i. e. [[heard]] [[generally]], Eur.; εἰς οὖς [[into]] the ear, [[secretly]], Eur.; so, εἰς ὦτα φέρειν Soph.:—metaph. of spies, Xen.; —τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who [[slink]] [[away]] [[ashamed]] ([[hanging]] [[their]] ears like dogs), Plat.:—athletes are described as having [[their]] ears bruised and [[swollen]], τεθλαγμένος [[οὔατα]] πυγμαῖς Theocr.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the ear or [[handle]], of pitchers, cups, etc., [[οὔατα]] δ' [[αὐτοῦ]] τέσσαρ' [[ἔσαν]] Il.