ὄμμα,
Aeolic dialect ὄππα [
Refs 7th c.BC+]: τό:—
eye, poetry word, rare in Prose [
Refs 8th c.BC+] only use
plural, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look
straight at, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖον ὄ. πατρὶ δηλώσ; [
Refs]; τέοισί με χρὴ ὄμμασι. φαίνεσθα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπρὸς ὄμματι radiant in
look or
expression, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσέσχον ὄ. turned their
eyes on him, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς σὸν ἐλθεῖν ὄ. come within
sight of thee, [
Refs]; κατ᾽ ὄμματα before
one's eyes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα ἐλθεῖν face to face, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα στῆναι
in full sight, openly, [
Refs]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [
Refs]; κρατιστεύων κατ᾽ ὄμμα in
eye-sight, of the Sun, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρευμενοῦς ἀπ᾽ ὄμματος ἰδέσθαι look kindly on, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by
the eye, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὄμμασι before one's
eyes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of
sight, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὀμμάτων τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖν, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὀ. θέσις Polystr. [prev. cited]
2)
metaphorically, τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
the eye of heaven, i.e.
the sun, ὄ. αἰθέρος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὄ. νυκτός is a periphrasis for
night (see. below see), ἕως. νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅταν δὲ νυκτὸς ὄ. λυγαίας μόλῃ the dark night, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) generally,
light: hence,
metaphorically,
that which brings light, ὄμμα ξείνοισι
a light to strangers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
metaphorically,
anything dear or
precious, as the apple of an eye, ὄ. γὰρ πάσης χθονὸς. ἐξίκοιτ᾽ ἄν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV)
face or human
form, ὦ δυσθέατον ὄ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. νύμφας, ={νύμφα}, [
Refs]; ξύναιμον ὄ, ={ξυναίμων}, [
Refs]; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄ. Κηφισοῦ, ={ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V) ὄ. τυκτόν
eye-hole in a helmet, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]