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The corpus record

ὤψ

ops · ἡ

eye, face, countenance

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Where it lives

  • Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
  • Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
  • Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

eye, face, countenance, the face, face

eye, face, countenance, Hom. and Hes., only in acc. sing.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι τινί to look one in the face, Il. 9.373; ἐπὴν ἔλθητε Διός τʼ εἰς ὦπα ἴδησθε 15.147: abs., δεινὸς εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι Od. 22.405, cf. 23.107; θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν in face she is like the goddesses, Il. 3.158; οὐ μὲν γάρ τι κακῷ εἰς ὦπα ἐῴκει Od. 1.411; θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἐΐσκειν Hes. Op. 62.—masc. acc. pl., μεγάλους ὦπας Ar. Byz. ap. Ath. 7.287b, cf. Ath. 9.367a, Gal. 12.804, Eust. l.c.; διγλήνους ὦπας Theoc. Ep. 6.2, cf. EM 233.32:

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