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The corpus record

ᾤα

oa · ἡ

sheepskin, garment of this material, drawers

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Where it lives

  • Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
  • Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
  • Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
  • Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
  • Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ᾤα · ōia

sheepskin

= μηλωτή, sheepskin, Hermipp. 57 (anap.), cf. Poll. 10.181, Hsch.; στέγασμα, εἴ τι βόλεστε, ἀποπέμψαι ἢ ὤας ἢ διφθέρας ὡς εὐτελεστάτας καὶ μὴ σισυρωτάς SIG 1259 (Athens, iv B. C.).

2 garment of this material, drawers, apron

garment of this material, a sort of drawers or apron, used by bathers, περιζωσάμενος ᾤαν λουτρίδα, κατάδεσμον ἥβης Theopomp.Com. 37; ᾤαν λούμενος (Bentl. for λουμένῳ) προζώννυται Pherecr. 62; worn at certain sacred rites, Hermipp. 53 (anap.).

II border, fringe of a garment

= ὄα (B).1, border or fringe of a garment, = τὸ κράσπεδον τοῦ ἱματίου, Ar. ap. Lex.Mess. p.411 (σὺν τῷ ῑ, but Phot. and Eust. cite (Fr. 228) the same play for ὀαὶ τῶν ἱματίων) ; τὴν ᾤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματος LXX Ps. 132(133).2, cf. Gal. 18(1).776, dub. cj. in Aen.Tact. 31.23 (bis); ᾤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τοῦ περιστομίου, ἔργον ὑφάντου, ἵνα μὴ ῥαγῇ LXX Ex. 28.28, cf. 36.31; Eust. speaks of the χρυσῆ ᾤα of Odysseus, 1828.53.

2 edge, summit

generally, edge, ἐς τὰν ἄνω ὠίαν τᾶς πέτρας GDI 5075.59 (Crete); ἡ ὤα τοῦ ἄντρου τῆς μεγάλης πέτρας ἦν τὸ μεσαίτατον Longus 1.4; τὰν βωίαν (i. e. ϝωίαν) Ὀρυκόππαν GDI 5024A 24 (Crete); στεφάνυσι [δέ] ἑκατʼ ὤιαν ἐκόσμιον summit, dub. in Corinn. Supp. 1.26.—Gramm. vary in spelling, ὄα Poll. 7.62, Hdn.Gr. 2.271; ὄα and ᾤα Hsch.; ᾦα Theognost. Can. 106; ὦα Eust. (v. supr.), quoting Ael.Dion. Fr. 266 (whose lexicon gave both ὄα and ᾦα) and an anonymous lexicon which gave ὀαὶ ἱματίων (ὀξυτόνως καὶ συν

2. ὤα · ōa

v. ὠβά, cf. οἴη (A).

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