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ὄμμα

omma

eye; look, sight, face

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What it meant

1. ὄμμα · omma — Beekes

ὄμμα, -ατος [n.] ‘eye; look, sight, face’, metaph. ‘sun, light’ (IL). 41Ὲ *h,ek”- ‘see’> *COMP As a first member e.g. in ὁμματο-στερής ‘depriving 504. of eyesight’ (A. [lyr.}), ‘deprived of eyesight, blind’ (S., E. [lyr.]); often as a second member, e.g. μελαν-όμματος ‘with blackeyes’ (PI. Arist.). eDER Diminutive ὁμμάτιον [n.] (Arist, AP), = MoGr. μάτι; further ὁμμάτειος ‘belonging to the eyes’ (S. Fr. 801), … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄμμα, p. 1128]

2. ὄμμα · omma — Frisk

ὄμμα, -aros n. ‘Auge’; auch “Blick, Anblick, Angesicht’, übertr. ‘Sonne, Licht’ (vorw. poet. seit Il.); als Vorderglied u.a. in ὀμματο-στερής “der Augen beraubend, blendend’ (A. in Iyr.), ‘der Augen beraubt, blind’ (S., E. in lyr.); oft als Hinterglied, z.B. μελαν-όμματος “mit schwarzen Augen’ (Pl., Arist.; vgl. Sommer Nominalkomp. 171.). — Davon das Demin. ὀμμάτιον τι. (Arist., AP; = ngr. μάτι); ferner ὀμμάτειος … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄμμα, p. 1359]

3. ὄμμα · omma — LSJ

eye, straight, look, expression, eyes, sight, oneʼs eyes, in full sight, openly, eye-sight, the eye, eyes, sight

eye, poet. word, rare in Prose (Th. 2.11, Pl. Ti. 45c, al., X. Cyr. 8.7.26, Mem. 1.4.6, al., Thphr. Sens. 50, al., Polystr. Herc. 346 p.81 V. (fr. 3 col. 5a), BGU 713.9 (i A.D.), IG 42(1).121.121 (Epid.)) : Hom. and Hes. only use pl., κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας Il. 3.217 ; ὕπνον ἐπʼ ὄμμασι χεῦε Od. 5.492, etc. : sg. in Pi. N. 10.63 and Trag. (v. infr.) :—Phrases : ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look straight at, S. OT 1385 ; ἀναβλέψαι ὀρθ. ὄμμ. X. HG 7.1.30 ; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν S. OT 528 ; also οὐκ οἶδʼ ὄ

2

metaph., τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄ. Pl. R. 533d, Iamb. Protr. 21.κδʼ.

II the eye of heaven, the sun, night

the eye of heaven, i.e. the sun, ὄ. αἰθέρος Ar. Nu. 285, cf. E. IT 194 (anap.) ; but ὄ. νυκτός is a periphrasis for night (v. infr. v), ἕως . . νυκτὸς ὄμμʼ ἀφείλετο (sc. τὴν μάχην) A. Pers. 428 ; ὅταν δὲ νυκτὸς ὄ. λυγαίας μόλῃ the dark night, E. IT 110 ; νυκτὸς ὄ. τῆς μελαμπέπλου Alex. 89 ; cf. ὀφθαλμός III, βλέφαρον II.

III light, that which brings light, a light

generally, light : hence, metaph., that which brings light, ὄμμα ξείνοισι a light to strangers, Pi. P. 5.56 ; ὄ. δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν A. Pers. 169 ; ἄελπτον ὄμμʼ ἐμοὶ φήμης ἀνασχὸν τῆσδε S. Tr. 203.

2 anything dear, precious, as the apple of an eye

metaph., anything dear or precious, as the apple of an eye, ὄ. γὰρ πάσης χθονὸς . . ἐξίκοιτʼ ἄν A. Eu. 1025.

IV face, form

face or human form, ὦ δυσθέατον ὄ. S. Aj. 1004 ; ἐμπαίει τί μοι ψυχῇ ξύνηθες ὄ. Id. El. 903 ; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ὄ. Pl. Phdr. 253e : as periphr. of the person, ὄ. πελείας, = πελεία, S. Aj. 140 (anap.) ; ὄ. νύμφας, = νύμφα, Id. Tr. 527 (lyr.) ; ξύναιμον ὄ., = ξυναίμων, Id. Aj. 977 ; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄ. Κηφισοῦ, = ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ, E. Ion 1261 ; v. supr. ΙΙ and cf. ὄνομα IV.

V eye-hole

ὄ. τυκτόν eye-hole in a helmet, Nonn. D. 22.62.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄμμα (scan pp. 1128-1129; entry #4552).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄμμα (scan p. 815; entry #5918).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄμμα (scan pp. 1359-1360; entry #4258).

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