ὄψ
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /óps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ops/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs. Related to ἔπος (épos) and εἰπεῖν (eipeîn). Cognates include Latin vōx, Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c), and Tocharian A wak.
Noun
ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension
- (poetic) voice
- Homer, Iliad 16.76
- (poetic) word
- Homer, Iliad 7.53
Usage notes
Only used in oblique cases.
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὄψ; τῆς ὀπός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὄψ hē óps | τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe | αἱ ὄπες hai ópes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀπός tês opós | τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn | τῶν ὀπῶν tôn opôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀπῐ́ têi opí | τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn | ταῖς ὀψῐ́ / ὀψῐ́ν taîs opsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὄπᾰ tḕn ópa | τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe | τᾱ̀ς ὄπᾰς tā̀s ópas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄψ óps | ὄπε ópe | ὄπες ópes | ||||||||||
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References
- ὄψ (A) in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From Proto-Hellenic *óps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs. See also ὤψ (ṓps).
Noun
ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension
(rare)
- eye, face
- Empedocles, Collected Works 371
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὄψ; τῆς ὀπός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὄψ hē óps | τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe | αἱ ὄπες hai ópes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀπός tês opós | τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn | τῶν ὀπῶν tôn opôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀπῐ́ têi opí | τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn | ταῖς ὀψῐ́ / ὀψῐ́ν taîs opsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὄπᾰ tḕn ópa | τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe | τᾱ̀ς ὄπᾰς tā̀s ópas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄψ óps | ὄπε ópe | ὄπες ópes | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ὄσσε (ósse)
- ὄμμα (ómma)
- ὄψις (ópsis)
- ὄψομαι (ópsomai)
Derived terms
- αἶθοψ (aîthops)
Further reading
- ὄψ (B) in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὄψ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὄψ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὄψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὄψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ὄψ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 775