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|Definition=ὁ: (v. sub fin.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[shoulder]] with the [[upper]] [[arm]] ([[ὠλένη]] being the [[lower]]), ξίφεϊ κληῗδα παρ' ὦμον πλῆξ', ἀπὸ δ' αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ' ἀπὸ νώτου Il.5.146, cf. 8.325, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.62; μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς Il.5.41; τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων συλήσειν 15.544; <b class="b3">ὦμος στιβαρός, ὦμοι ἴφθιμοι</b>, 5.400, 18.204; εὐρέες 3.210; κυρτώ 2.217; ἀμφ' ὤμοισιν ἔχει σάκος 11.527, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''453; ἐπ' ὤμου.. φέρειν Od.10.170, cf. Isoc.19.39; ἀρεῖτ' ἐπ' ὤμου Herod.3.61; <b class="b3">κατ' ὤμου δεῖρον</b> ib.3; ἐπ' ὤμων πατέρ' ἔχων [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''373; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 613c; ὤμοισι φόρησεν Il.19.11; ἑλὼν.. σάκος ὤμῳ 15.474; [[ὤμῳ]] or <b class="b3">ὤμοισιν ἔχειν</b>, 14.376, 1.45, al.; [[ὤμοις]] or <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὤμοις φέρειν</b>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''454, ''Tr''564; ἔχειν ἀνὰ φαιδίμῳ ὤμῳ Od.11.128, 23.275; λαβὼν.. ὦμον εἰς ἀριστερόν E.''IT''1381; ἐπ' ὤμοις θεῖναι Id.''Ba.''755; κίον' οὐρανοῦ.. ὤμοις ἐρείδων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''350; [[ὤμοισι τοῖσι ἐμοῖσι]] '[[by the strength of mine arms]]', [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.106; <b class="b3">ἀποστρέψαι τὸν ὦ.</b> to [[dislocate]] [[it]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''263 (troch.); ὁ δ' ὦμος.. πιέζεται Id.''Ra.''30; τὸν ὦμον θλίβομαι Id.''Fr.''323: pl. for sg., ὤμοις ἀριστεροῖσιν ἀνακλάσας δέρην [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1471.<br><span class="bld">b</span> the [[shoulder]] is sometimes more exactly specified as [[πρυμνότατος]] or <b class="b3">πρυμνὸς ὦμος</b>, Od.17.462,504; νείατος ὦ. Il.15.341, 17.310; sometimes opp. [[χείρ]] (the arm), χεῖρες ὤμων.. ἐπαΐσσονται 23.628; τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπ' μων ἀΐσσοντο Hes.''Th.''150; <b class="b3">τοὺς ὤμους ἀποταμόντες σὺν τῇσι χερσί</b> (arms) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.62; ἀποταμόντα ἐν τῷ ὤμῳ τὴν χεῖρα Id.2.121.έ, cf. E.''Ba.''1127, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''493b26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> also of animals. as of a horse, Il.6.510, 15.267, X.''Eq.''8.6; of a lion, Hes.''Sc.''430; of a dog, X.''Cyn.''4.1; of crabs, Batr.296; of birds, Plu.2.983b; of ants, ''Gp.''13.10.14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the [[shoulder]], in a [[dress]], ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆς ἐπωμίδος [[LXX]] ''Ex.''28.12, cf. 25(29); ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ τοῦ χιτῶνος ὑποθέντες Aen.Tact.31.23 codd. (<b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῇ ᾤᾳ</b> cj. Haupt).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of the [[part]]s [[below]] the [[top]] or [[head]] of any thing, especially of the [[fork]] of a [[vine]] (cf. [[ὠμοχάραξ]]), ''Gp.''4.12.4; of the [[womb]], Heroph. ap. Gal.4.596, cf. Ruf.''Onom.''195. (Cf. Lat. [[umerus]] (fr. *omesos), Goth. [[ams]] (stem amsa-), Skt. áṃsas, also Aeol. [[ἐπομμάδιος]], and (non-Greek) [[ἀμέσω]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]])