οὖς (
nominative singular frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
dative οὔασι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: Hellenistic
nominative singular ὦς [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: also
Doric dialect ὦς [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
plural ὤϝαθ᾽ conjecture for ὦτά θ᾽ in [
Refs 7th c.BC+]:—
ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ᾽ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in
the ear, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξὺν δι᾽ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ (ἐς conjecture Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the
ears, i. e. to attend, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] those who have
ears to hear, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial, see at {λύκο; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς}, of a boxer, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep
soundly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) from resemblance to
an ear,
II.1)
handle, especially of pitchers, cups, etc, οὔατα δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ᾽ ἔσαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2) in Architecture texts, ={παρωτίς}[
Refs]
II.3) οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of
shell-fish, Antig.Car. cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οὖς θαλάττιον, ={ἀγρία λεπάς}, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4) τὰ ὦτα (οὔατα [
Refs 5th c.BC+] the
auricles of the heart, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5) name of part of a bandage, Heraclas cited in [
Refs 4th c.AD+]. [prev. cited]] (Cogn. with Latin
auris, Lithuanian
ausìs, O[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
éar, etc; details obscure;
nominative singular οὖς perhaps from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)