The corpus record

ὠτίον

otion · τό

auricle, a little handle

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Where it lives

Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Regnorum I 6 · 3.24/10k
Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
Regnorum II 2 · 1.24/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
John 1 · 0.65/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

auricle

Dim. of οὖς, auricle, Dsc. Eup. 1.63, cf. 62; but usu. = οὖς, AP 11.81 (Lucill.), LXX 1 Ki. 9.15, al., Ev.Matt. 26.51, Arr. Epict. 1.18.18, PMag.Osl. 1.332.

II a little handle

metaph., a little handle, προχύτου Hero Spir. 1.9; χωρὶς ὠτίων ποτήριον Theopomp.Com. 31, cf. Aët. 1.138.

= ὠτάριον III, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.130; gloss on τήθη, = λεπὰς ἀγρία, Sch. Nic. Al. 396.

In the wild

ὠτίον · ōtion Epictetus, Discourses 1.18 (DIORISIS sentence 937)
ὠτίον · ōtion New Testament, John 18.26 (DIORISIS sentence 982)
ὠτίου · ōtiou New Testament, Luke 22.51 (DIORISIS sentence 1152)
ὠτίον · ōtion New Testament, Matthew 26.51 (DIORISIS sentence 1155)
ὠτίου · ōtiou Septuaginta, Amos 3
ὠτίον · ōtion Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 15

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Where it came from

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