ear

Greek Noun Neuter

οὖς genitive, ὠτός, τό, [in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן;] the ear: Mat.13:16, Mrk.7:33, Luk.22:50, 1Co.2:9 12:16, 1Pe.3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Luk.4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Act.7:57; γίνεσθαι, Luk.1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, Jas.5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Mat.10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Luk.12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Act.7:57. Metaphorical, of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Mat.13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Rev.2:7, 11 2:17, 29 3:6, 13 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Mat.11:15 13:9, 43, Mrk.4:9, 23 7:16 (R, mg.), Luk.8:8 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Mat.13:15 Act.28:27 " (LXX); ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mrk.8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Rom.11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ, Luk.9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ, Act.7:51. (AS)

ear

Greek Noun Neuter

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).)

Greek

Noun Neuter

the ear (physically or mentally); ear; apparently a primary word