ὄψ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

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

1. (poetic) voice
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.76
2. (poetic) word
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.53

Usage notes

Only used in oblique cases.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “ὄψ (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs. See also ὤψ (ṓps).

Noun

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension (rare)

2. eye; face
   • 490 BCE – 430 BCE, Empedocles, Collected Works 371

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• ὄσσε (ósse)
• ὄμμα (ómma)
• ὄψις (ópsis)
• ὄψομαι (ópsomai)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Zosterops

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 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 775