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ὀμμᾰτ-όω

ommatoo

furnish with eyes

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k

What it meant

ὀμμᾰτ-όω · ommat-oō — LSJ

furnish with eyes

furnish with eyes, [ἀγάλματα] D.S. 4.76 :—Pass., τὸ σῶμα πρόσω ὠμμάτωται Plu. fr 23 Sandbach.

2 give sight to

give sight to, τὰ ὄμματα Zos. Alch. p.117 B.

II made, to the mindʼs eye, quick of sight

metaph., ὠμμάτωσα γὰρ σαφέστερον [τὸν λόγον] made it more clear to the mindʼs eye, A. Supp. 467 :—Pass., φρὴν ὠμματωμένη a mind quick of sight, Id. Ch. 854.

In the wild

ὠμματωμένην · ōmmatōmenēn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 854
ὠμμάτωσα · ōmmatōsa Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 467

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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