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ὅπη

ope

light opening, hatch, hole, hollow (Ar., Arist.), ‘sight

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Where it lives

Cleitophon 2 · 12.92/10k
Ichneutae 2 · 11.63/10k
Euthyphro 6 · 11.6/10k
Laches 6 · 7.82/10k
Charmides 6 · 7.23/10k
On the Sacred Disease 3 · 6.54/10k
Epinomis 4 · 6.34/10k
Sophist 10 · 6.24/10k
Philebus 10 · 5.67/10k
Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
Timaeus 12 · 5.08/10k
Phaedo 11 · 5.04/10k

Densest 12 of 57 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὀπή · opē — Beekes

ὀπή [f.] ‘light opening, hatch, hole, hollow (Ar., Arist.), ‘sight’ (Cerc. 4, 23; beside dxovd). 41Ὲ *h,ek”- ‘see’> eVAR Dor. -a. *COMP As a second member in στε(ὺν-ωπός ‘with a narrow opening, narrow’ (II.), πολυ-ωπός ‘having many holes, mesh’ (x 386, etc.), w analogical or metrical; also in > ἐνόπαι, » μετόπη, etc; further also in » ἀνόπαιαξ eDER ὀπαῖος ‘having an opening’, of a tile (Diph. Com., Poll.), onatov … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀπή, p. 1141]

2. ὀπή · opē — Chantraine

ὀπή : {. «ouverture, trou, trou dans le toit par où passe la cheminée», au pluriel, en architecture, trous dans la frise qui reçoivent l'extrémité des poutres (ion.- att., etc.) ; «capacité de voir, vue » (Cerc. 4,23 à côté de ἀκουά). Au second terme de composé : στενωπός, ép. στεινωπός «au passage étroit » (Hom., Hp., etc.}), εὐρωπός «large » (E.), πολυωπός «aux nombreux trous » (Θά. 22,386) avec un doublet en … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀπή, p. 825]

3. ὠπή · ōpē — LSJ

view, sight

view, sight, ἀντήσειεν ἐς ὠπήν A.R. 3.821, cf. 908.

2 look, aspect

look, aspect, Nic. Al. 377, Th. 657.

4. ὀπή · opē — LSJ

opening, hole, hole, holes in the earth

opening, hole, ὀπὰς γὰρ εἶχεν οὐκ ὀλίγας [τὸ τριβώνιον] Ar. Pl. 715 ; a mouseʼs hole, Sannyr. 8 ; of holes in the earth, Arist. HA 559a4, al. ; in a door, Luc. Asin. 52 ; in a rock, LXX Ex. 33.22 ; of an orifice in the body, Poll. 5.73 ; ἡ ὀπὴ τῶν ὤτων Id. 2.84 (cod. B).

2 hole in the roof

hole in the roof, serving as a chimney, = κάπνη, καπνοδόκη, Ar. V. 317 (lyr.), 350 ; καὶ διʼ ὀπῆς κἀπὶ τέγους Id. Fr. 11, cf. Xenarch. 4.11.

II holes, windows, lights in doors

pl., in Archit., holes in the frieze left to receive the beam-ends, Vitr. 4.2.4 ; later, of windows, lights in doors, αἱ ὀ. τῶν τοίχων Ptol. ap. Simp. in Cael. 710.21 ; σιδήρια ἐξ ὀπῆς IG 4.39 (Aegina, v B. C.).

III sight

(ὄψομαι, ὄπωπα) sight, τοὶ μήτʼ ἀκουὰν μήτʼ ὀπὰν πεπαμένοι Cerc. 4.23.

5. ὅπη · hopē — LSJ

I by which, what way, in which, what direction, part, where, to whatever point

of Place, by which or what way, in which or what direction or part: sts. nearly = ὅπου, where, Il. 22.321, Od. 9.457 ; εἰρωτᾶν ὅκῃ εἴη v.l. in Hdt. 5.87; ὅππῃ τʼ ἰθύσῃ, τῇ τʼ εἴκουσι στίχες ἀνδρῶν to whatever point . . , at that point . . , Il. 12.48 ; ὅκῃ ἰθύσειε στρατεύεσθαι Hdt. 1.204, cf. 2.146 ; ἀμηχανῶ . . ὅπᾳ τράπωμαι A. Ag. 1532 (lyr.); ἐμβαλοῦ μʼ ὅπῃ θέλεις S. Ph. 481 codd.

II in what way, how, as, in a way

of Manner, in what way, how, as, ὅπῃ νόος ἐστὶν ἑκάστου Il. 20.25, cf. Od. 1.347 : more freq. in Trag. and Att., as A. Pr. 586, 906 (both lyr.), Ag. 67 (anap.), al., Th. 1.129, Lys. 14.4, etc. : joined with ὅπως, ὅπῃ ἔχει καὶ ὅπως Pl. R. 612a, cf. Lg. 899a, 899b, etc. ; ὅπῃ ἔτυχεν Arist. GA 743a21 (v.l. ὅπου) ; ὅπῃ ἄν, with subj., ὅπῃ ἂν δοκῇ ἀμφοτέροις Foed. ap. Th. 5.18 ; ὅπᾳ κα δικαιότατα Dor. Foed. ap. eund. 5.79, cf. 8.56 ; ἔστιν ὅπῃ in a way, Pl. Prt. 331d ; ἔσθʼ ὅπῃ . . ; Id. R. 486b ; οὐ

III in what possible direction, manner, in any direction, way whatever

with other Particles, ὅπῃ δή Il. 22.185, etc. ; ὅπῃ ποτέ in what possible direction or manner, Pl. Sph. 231c, R. 372e ; ὅπῃ δή ποτε Id. Ep. 338a : c. gen., τοὺς ὅπῃ ποτὲ κατοικοῦντας Εὐρώπης Plu. Per. 17 ; ὅπῃ οὖν or ὁπῃοῦν, in any direction or way whatever, Pl. Prt. 353d, Lg. 950a ; ὁπῃγοῦν Id. Tht. 187d (fort. ὁπῃτιοῦν, cf. Ap. 35b); ὅπῃπερ, ὅπῃπερ ἄν, S. OT 1458 (as v.l.), Pl. Sph. 251a, Ti. 45c, etc.; cf. ὁπωστιοῦν.

In the wild

ὅπα · hopa Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1530–1532
ὅπη · hopē Aeschylus, Agamemnon 67
ὅπη · hopē Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1021–1022
ὅπα · hopa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (DIORISIS sentence 293)
χὤπη · chōpē Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 875–876
ὅπα · hopa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 906

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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. ὅπη (scan p. 1141; entry #4600).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὅπη (scan p. 825; entry #5970).

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