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οὖς

ous

ear

Appears 57 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

οὖς (nom. sg. freq. in IGIl(2).161 B 126, al. (Delos, iii B. C.), v. sub fin.), τό, gen. ὠτός, dat. ὠτί: pl. nom. ὦτα, gen. ὤτων, dat. ὠσί (ὤτοις condemned by Phryn. 186):—Hom. has only acc. sg. and dat. pl. (v. infr.); the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in Simon. 37.14), gen. οὔατος, pl. nom. and acc. οὔατα (also in Epich. 21, Hp. Cord. 8,al., SIG 1025.62 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.)), dat. οὔασι Il. 12.442 (ὠσίν Od. 12.200): Hellenistic nom. sg. ὦς PPetr. 3p.33 (iii B. C.), PGrenf. 1.12.29, 2.15 ii I (ii B. C.), IG 7.3498.19 (Oropus, ii B. C.), Roussel Cultes Egyptiens 217 (Delos, ii B. C.), PStrassb. 87.14 (ii B. C.): also Dor. ὦς Theoc. 11.32; pl.ὤϝαθʼ cj. for ὦτά θʼ in Alcm. 41:—A. ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει Il. 11.109; [κηρὸν] ἐπʼ ὠσὶν ἄλειψʼ Od. l.c.; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπʼ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! Il. 18.272; αἲ γὰρ ἀπʼ οὔατος εἴη 22.454; ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει 10.535; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, Hdt. 4.129, cf. S. El. 27, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ . . οἰκέει ὁ θυμός Hdt. 7.39, cf.1.8; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, A. Pers. 605; φθόγγος βάλλει διʼ ὤτων S. Ant. 1188, cf. A. Ch. 56 (lyr.); διʼ ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα S. El. 1437 (lyr.); ὀξὺν διʼ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας ib.737, cf. OT 1387; διʼ ὤτων ἦν λόγος E. Med. 1139, cf. Rh. 294, 566; so ἁμῖν τοῦτο διʼ ὠτὸς ἔγεντο Theoc. 14.27; λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει S. Aj. 149 (anap.); εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ . . ηὔδα λόγους E. Andr. 1091, cf. Hipp. 932; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς Pl. Euthd. 275e; ἐπʼ (ἐς cj. Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν Call. Ap. 105; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, Pl. Cra. 396d, etc.; so ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα Id. Smp. 216a; παραβάλλειν Id. R. 531a, cf. Call. Fr. anon. 375; τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο Ar. Eq. 1347; ὦτα χορηγεῖν Plu. 2.232f; ἀποκλείειν τὰ ὦτα ib.143f; οἱ ὦτα ἔχοντες those who have ears to hear, ib. 1113c: metaph., of spies in Persia, X. Cyr. 8.2.10sq., Luc. Ind. 23, cf. Arist. Pol. 1287b30; τὸ τῶν λεγομένων ὤτων καὶ προσαγωγέων γένος Plu. 2.522f; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), Pl. R. 613c: prov., v. λύκος; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς, of a boxer, Theoc. 22.45 (cf. ὠτοκάταξις) ; ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, Aeschin. Socr. 54 D. II. from resemblance to an ear, 1. handle, esp. of pitchers, cups, etc., οὔατα δʼ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρʼ ἔσαν Il. 11.633, cf. 18.378, Bion ap. Plu. 2.536a, IGΙΙ(2).161 B 126 (Delos, iii B. C.), Hero Spir. 2.23, Dsc. 5.87; [ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον Alex. 270.3. 2. in Archit., = παρωτίς 4, IG 12.372.201, cf. 319.6. 3. οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of shell-fish, Antig.Car. ap. Ath. 3.88a; οὖς θαλάττιον, = ἀγρία λεπάς, Arist. HA 529b16. 4. τὰ ὦτα (οὔατα Hp.) τῆς καρδίας the auricles of the heart, Hp. Cord. 8, Gal. UP 6.15, cf. 2.615K. 5. name of part of a bandage, Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.15 tit. [Written ο῏ς in IG 12. Il.cc.] (Cogn. with Lat. auris, Lith. ausìs, OE. éar, etc.; details obscure; nom. sg. οὖς perh. from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)

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