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ὄπεᾰς

opeas

awl

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What it meant

1. ὄπεας · opeas — Beekes

ὄπεας [n.] ‘awl’ (Poll. 10, 141). 1090 ὀπή eVAR Also νἹ. -eap; dat.sg. ὑπέατι (Hdt. 4, 70); ὑπέατα' ὀπήτια (Η,, brea: τὰ ὀπίσθια cod.). DER Diminutives Omrjt-tov [n.] (Hp., LXX; ὑπ- in gloss.), -idiov [n.] (Poll. 7, 83); unclear Nicoch. 9. *ETYM Vine Glotta 72 (1994): 31-40 rejects Schwyzer’s interpretation and assumes a stem in -ur/n-, also from *opda- ‘hole; this gives a substantive "ορᾶς-μγ … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄπεας, p. 1140]

2. ὄπεᾰς · opeas — LSJ

awl, rupiat

awl, Poll. 10.141 (v.l. ὄπεαρ) ; dat. written ὑπέατι in Hdt. 4.70, cf. Hsch. s.v. ὔπεα, and ῥάπτει ὑπητίῳ rupiat, Gloss. :— Dim. ὀπήτιον, τό, Nicoch. 9 (dub., ὄπεαρ Kock), Hp. Epid. 5.45, LXX Ex. 21.6, De. 15.17, Peripl.M.Rubr. 17 ; ὀπητίδιον, Poll. 7.83. (Prob. from same root as ὀπή.)

In the wild

ὑπέατι · hypeati Herodotus, Histories 4.70.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4498)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄπεᾰς (scan pp. 1140-1141; entry #4599). Root candidates: *opda-, *dneat-.

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