ᾤα
oa
sheepskin
Appears 64 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ᾤα (A), ἡ, A. = μηλωτή, sheepskin, 57 (anap.), cf. 10.181, ; στέγασμα, εἴ τι βόλεστε, ἀποπέμψαι ἢ ὤας ἢ διφθέρας ὡς εὐτελεστάτας καὶ μὴ σισυρωτάς SIG 1259 (Athens, iv B. C.). 2. garment of this material, a sort of drawers or apron, used by bathers, περιζωσάμενος ᾤαν λουτρίδα, κατάδεσμον ἥβης 37; ᾤαν λούμενος (Bentl. for λουμένῳ) προζώννυται 62; worn at certain sacred rites, 53 (anap.). II. = ὄα (B).1, border or fringe of a garment, = τὸ κράσπεδον τοῦ ἱματίου, ap. Lex.Mess. p.411 (σὺν τῷ ῑ, but and cite (Fr. 228) the same play for ὀαὶ τῶν ἱματίων) ; τὴν ᾤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματος Ps. 132(133).2, cf. 18(1).776, dub. cj. in 31.23 (bis); ᾤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τοῦ περιστομίου, ἔργον ὑφάντου, ἵνα μὴ ῥαγῇ Ex. 28.28, cf. 36.31; speaks of the χρυσῆ ᾤα of Odysseus, 1828.53. 2. generally, edge, ἐς τὰν ἄνω ὠίαν τᾶς πέτρας GDI 5075.59 (Crete); ἡ ὤα τοῦ ἄντρου τῆς μεγάλης πέτρας ἦν τὸ μεσαίτατον 1.4; τὰν βωίαν (i. e. ϝωίαν) Ὀρυκόππαν GDI 5024A 24 (Crete); στεφάνυσι [δέ] ἑκατʼ ὤιαν ἐκόσμιον summit, dub. in Supp. 1.26.—Gramm. vary in spelling, ὄα 7.62, Hdn.Gr.2.271; ὄα and ᾤα ; ᾦα Can. 106; ὦα (v. supr.), quoting Fr. 266 (whose lexicon gave both ὄα and ᾦα) and an anonymous lexicon which gave ὀαὶ ἱματίων (ὀξυτόνως καὶ συνεσταλμένως, = Fr. 228): SIG 1259 (v. supr.) is by a half-educated writer: considers ᾤα to be contr. from οἰέη or ὀΐα, 877.53, 1828.51.
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