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ὤψ

ops-2

eye, face, countenance

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὤψ, ἡ, EM 344.55, but ὁ, Ar.Byz. (v. infr.), Eust. 1426.55 (v. infr.), gen. ὠπός, acc. ὦπα:—A. eye, face, countenance, Hom. and Hes., only in acc. sing.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι τινί to look one in the face, Il. 9.373; ἐπὴν ἔλθητε Διός τʼ εἰς ὦπα ἴδησθε 15.147: abs., δεινὸς εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι Od. 22.405, cf. 23.107; θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν in face she is like the goddesses, Il. 3.158; οὐ μὲν γάρ τι κακῷ εἰς ὦπα ἐῴκει Od. 1.411; θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἐΐσκειν Hes. Op. 62.—masc. acc. pl., μεγάλους ὦπας Ar. Byz. ap. Ath. 7.287b, cf. Ath. 9.367a, Gal. 12.804, Eust. l. c.; διγλήνους ὦπας Theoc. Ep. 6.2, cf. EM 233.32: but τὰ ὦπα Pl. Cra. 409c: dat. ὤπεσσι Max. 157. (Cf. ὄψ B.)
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