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|Definition=(nom. sg. freq. in ''IG''Il(2).161 ''B''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 Simon.37.14), gen. [[οὔατος]], pl. nom. and acc. [[οὔατα]] (also in Epich.21, Hp.''Cord.''8,al., ''SIG''1025.62 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.)), dat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> οὔασι Il.12.442 (ὠσίν Od.12.200): Hellenistic nom. sg. ὦς ''PPetr.''3p.33 (iii B. C.), ''PGrenf.''1.12.29, 2.15 ii I (ii B. C.), ''IG''7.3498.19 (Oropus, ii B. C.), Roussel Cultes Egyptiens 217 (Delos, ii B. C.), ''PStrassb.''87.14 (ii B. C.): also Dor. [[ὦς]] Theoc.11.32; pl.<b class="b3">ὤϝαθ'</b> cj. for <b class="b3">ὦτά θ'</b> in Alcm.41:—[[ear]], Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει Il.11.109; [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! Il.18.272; αἲ γὰρ ἀπ' οὔατος εἴη 22.454; ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει 10.535; <b class="b3">ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα</b>, of horses, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.129, cf. S.''El.''27, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ… οἰκέει ὁ θυμός [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.39, cf.1.8; <b class="b3">βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος</b> [[ring]]s in the [[ear]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''605; φθόγγος βάλλει δι' ὤτων S.''Ant.''1188, cf. A.''Ch.''56 (lyr.); δι' ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα S.''El.'' 1437 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὀξὺν δι' ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας</b> ib.737, cf. ''OT''1387; δι' ὤτων ἦν λόγος E.''Med.''1139, cf. ''Rh.''294, 566; so ἁμῖν τοῦτο δι' ὠτὸς ἔγεντο Theoc.14.27; λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''149 (anap.); εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ… ηὔδα λόγους E.''Andr.''1091, cf. ''Hipp.''932; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς Pl.''Euthd.'' 275e; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> (ἐς cj. Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν Call.''Ap.''105; reversely, [[παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα]] = to [[lend the ears]], i.e. to [[attend]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''396d, etc.; so ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα Id.''Smp.''216a; παραβάλλειν Id.''R.''531a, cf. Call.Fr. anon.375; τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1347; 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, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.2.10sq., Luc.''Ind.''23, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1287b30; 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), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 613c: [[proverb|prov.]], v. [[λύκος]]; [[τεθλασμένος]] οὔατα [[πυγμαῖος|πυγμαῖς]], of a [[boxer]], Theoc.22.45 (cf. [[ὠτοκάταξις]]) <b class="b3">; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν</b> sleep [[soundly]], Aeschin. Socr.54 D.<br><span class="bld">II</span> from resemblance to an [[ear]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[handle]], especially of [[pitcher]]s, cups, etc., οὔατα δ' αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ' ἔσαν Il.11.633, cf. 18.378, Bion ap. Plu.2.536a, ''IG''11(2).161 ''B''126 (Delos, iii B. C.), Hero ''Spir.''2.23, Dsc.5.87; [ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον Alex.270.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Archit., = [[παρωτίς]] 4, ''IG''12.372.201, cf. 319.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">οὖς Ἀφροδίτης</b>, a kind of [[shellfish]], Antig.Car. ap. Ath.3.88a; <b class="b3">οὖς θαλάττιον</b>, = [[ἀγρία λεπάς]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''529b16.<br><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]], Hp.''Cord.''8, Gal.''UP''6.15, cf. 2.615K.<br><span class="bld">5</span> name of part of a [[bandage]], Heraclas ap. Orib.48.15 tit. [Written <b class="b3">ὀ̄ς</b> in ''IG''12. Il.cc.] (Cogn. with Lat. [[auris]], Lith. ausìs, OE. éar, etc.; details obscure; nom. sg. [[οὖς]] perhaps from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in [[ἀμφώης]]).)