ὄψις

I aspect, appearance, appearance, in appearance, looks

objective, aspect, appearance of a person or thing, πατρὸς φίλου ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468; εἰσορόων ὄ. τʼ ἀγαθὴν καὶ μῦθον ἀκούων 24.632, cf. S. Ph. 1412 (anap.); δῶρον, οὐ σπουδαῖον εἰς ὄ. Id. OC 577; πλείω τὴν ὄ. παρείχετο made the appearance greater, Th. 6.46; ἀξιόλογον ὄ. παρέχεται τὸ δένδρος PCair.Zen. 157.4 (iii B. C.); ὥστε ὄ. καλὴν φαίνεσθαι X. An. 6.1.9; εἰκάζεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς φανερᾶς ὄ. Th. 1.10; τὴν ὄ. τοῦ σώματος προορᾶν Id. 7.44: the acc. is used abs., in appearance, τῷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος P

b countenance, face, face, look, countenance

countenance, face, E. Med. 905, Pl. Phdr. 240d, 254b, etc.; διοίδησις ὅλης ὄ. Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.83, cf. Sor. 1.44, Philum. ap. Aët. 9.7; οὐκ ἄξιον ἀπʼ ὄψεως οὔτε φιλεῖν οὔτε μισεῖν οὐδένα by the face or look merely, Lys. 16.19; ἀδήλως τῇ ὄ. πλασάμενος so that nothing could be learnt from his countenance, Th. 6.58; τίνι δεδούλωταί ποτε; ὄψει Men. 541.2: pl., Alex. 98.6, Anaxandr. 41.38.

c visual impression, image

visual impression or image of an object, Pl. Tht. 193c.

2 thing seen, sight, sights, outside show

thing seen, sight, φοβερὰν ὄ. προσιδέσθαι A. Pers. 48 (anap.), cf. Supp. 567 (lyr.); ὁρῶ Πυλάδην . . , ἡδεῖαν ὄ. E. Or. 727, cf. Pl. Lg. 887d, etc.; ἄλλην ὄ. οἰκοδομημάτων other architectural sights, Hdt. 2.136; τὰ δὲ χρήματα . . ἔστιν ὄψις mere outside show, Antiph. 33.2; πολλὴν ὄ. παρασχόντα ἔπειτα μηδὲν ὠφελῆσαι Hp. Art. 44; of scenic representations, Arist. Po. 1453b1, al.; ὁ τῆς ὄ. κόσμος ib. 1449b33: pl., ib. 1462a16.

3 vision, apparition

vision, apparition, Hdt. 1.39, etc.; ὄ. ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ Id. 3.30, al.; ὄ. ἐνυπνίου Id. 8.54; ὄ. ὀνείρου Id. 1.38; ὄ. ἔννυχοι A. Pr. 645, cf. Ag. 425 (lyr.), S. El. 413, E. Hec. 72 (lyr.), IG 42(1).121.11 (Epid., iv B. C.), etc.

II power of sight, seeing, vision

subjective, power of sight or seeing, vision, ὄψει τινὰ ἰδεῖν, ἐσιδεῖν, Il. 20.205, Od. 25.94, cf. Heraclit. 55, Democr. 11, Emp. 4.10, Th. 7.75, etc.; τῆς ἐμῆς ὄ. Hdt. 2.99, 147; τῆς ὄ. στερηθῆναι Id. 9.93, etc.; οὐ τὸ δρασθὲν πιστότερον ὄψει λαβόντες ἢ τὸ ἀκουσθέν Th. 3.38; οὐ καθορωμένους τῇ ὄ. νυκτὸς οὔσης ib. 112.

b act of seeing, looking, sense of sight

act of seeing or looking, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἄνω ὄ. Pl. Cra. 396b; sense of sight, Arist. de An. 428a6, Mete. 369b9; τὰ διὰ τῆς ὄ., of pleasures, Id. EN 1118a3, etc.

c organs of sight, eyes, the orbs of sight, the eyes

pl., organs of sight, eyes, ὄψεις μαρᾶναι to quench the orbs of sight, S. OT 1328, cf. Ant. 52, Heraclit. 26; τὸ κάλλος πάντων εἷλκε τὰς ὄ. ἐπʼ αὐτόν X. Smp. 1.9; ἀσθενῖ( = -εῖ) τὰς ὄ. POxy. 911.6 (iii A. D.): so in sg., ἐστερήθη τῆς μιᾶς ὄ. Plb. 3.79.12: sg. in collective sense, the eyes, [ἰχθῦς] λευκὴν ἔχοντες τὴν ὄ. Arist. HA 602a11, cf. PA 656b29.

d iris, eye-ball, eye, pupil

Medic., iris of the eye, Hp. Prorrh. 2.19 (but eye-ball or eye, Id. Prog. 7 (pl.)); also, pupil, Ruf. Onom. 23.

e visual rays

of the visual rays which were supposed to proceed from the eyes, Pl. Ti. 45c, 46b, Arist. Mete. 343a13, 370a19: in other places Arist. controverted this Empedoclean theory, Sens. 437b14.

2 view, sight, sight, presence, in person, when with you

view, sight, ἀπικνέεσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί come into oneʼs sight, i.e. presence, Hdt. 1.136; εἰς ὄψιν τινὸς or τινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν, A. Ch. 215, Pers. 183, E. Med. 173 (anap.), Or. 513; καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄ. Hdt. 5.106; ἀποφαίνειν τί τινι ἐς ὄ. Id. 4.81; λυπηρὰς τῇ ὄ. ἀχθηδόνας προστιθέμενοι Th. 2.37; ἐν ὄ. τοῦ δήμου Plu. TG 12; κατʼ ὄψιν in person, ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατʼ ὄ. as I enjoined you when with you, POxy. 1154.4 (i A. D.), cf. 117.3 (ii/iii A. D.), etc.

b dignity, position

dignity, position, κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὄ. καὶ ὑπόλημψιν PLond. 1.77.59 (vi A. D.); ἡ τῶν γονέων ἡμῶν προτεραία ὄ. PMasp. 2 iii6 (vi A. D.).