ὀμφή

ὀμφ-ή, ἡ, poet. Noun,

• voice, in Hom. always of the gods, ταῦτα θεῶν ἐκ πεύσεται ὀμφῆς Il. 20.129; ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od. 3.215, 16.96; θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτʼ ὀ., of the voice of the dream sent by Zeus to Agamemnon, Il. 2.41; oracle delivered from the inner shrine at Pytho, Thgn. 808; τρίποδος Philostr. Im. 2.19; κληροῦν ὀμφάν (v. κληρόω II.2); signified by the flight of birds, ὀ. οἰωνοῖο A.R. 3.939: also in pl., κατʼ ὀμφὰς τὰς Ἀπόλλωνος S. OC 102; κατʼ ὀμφὴν σήν on hearing thy message, ib. 550, cf. 1351.
• • • 2 sweet, tuneful voice, Pi. Fr. 152; ὀμφαὶ μελέων ib. 75.19; ἁδεῖαι . . ὀμφαί Id. N. 10.34, cf. S. Ichn. 321 (lyr.).
    • 3 generally, a voice, sound, ἰΰζειν ὀμφάν A. Supp. 808 (lyr.); μύθων αὐδαθέντων ὀ. E. Med. 175 (lyr.).
  • II ὀμφά· ὀσμή (Lacon.), Hsch., dub. cj. in Lyr.Adesp. 63; cf. εὔομφος 1, ποτόμφει.
  • III ὄμφαι, αἱ, name of the best kind of nard, τὰς ὄμφας ὀνομαζομένας βαρβάρῳ γλώττῃ κτλ. Gal. 14.74. (In sense I cogn. with Engl. song: in sense II with ONorse anga ‘give out a sweet scent’, angi ‘scent’, ang ‘pleasant sensation’.)

ὀμφή, ἡ (von ΕΠ, ἔπος), die Stimme ; bei Hom. stets ὀμφὴ θείη oder ὀμφὴ θεῶν oder θεοῦ, Götterstimme ; θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτʼ ὀμφή, Il. 2.41 ; ταῦτα θεῶν ἐκ πεύσεται ὀμφῆς, 20.129 ; ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ, Od. 3.215, 16.96 ; so noch κατʼ ὀμφὰς τὰς Ἀπόλλωνος Soph. O.C. 102 ; – allgemeiner, ἁδεῖαι Ἀθαναίων ὀμφαί νιν κώμασαν, die Stimmen, Pind. N. 10.34 ; ἴϋζε δʼ ὀμφάν, Aesch. Suppl. 789 ; οὔτʼ ἄν ποτʼ ὀμφῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐπῄσθετο, Soph. O.C. 1353 ; πῶς μύθων αὐδαθέντων δέξαιτʼ ὀμφάν ; Eur. Med. 175 ; einzeln noch bei sp.D.; λιγεῖα, Anacr. 41.11 ; Nonn.; auch Heliod.
Nach Hesych. bei den Lazedämoniern = ὀσμή.

ὀμφή

-ῆς, ἡ.

A voice. Always of a divine voice or inspiration: ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od. 3.215=Od. 16.96. Cf. Il. 2.41, Il. 20.129.

ὀμφή : divine or prophetic voice, conveyed by a dream or through omens of birds, etc. See πανομφαῖος.

ὀμφή .ὀμφη, ἡ,

• • • 1the voice of a god (opp. to αὐδή, the human voice), Hom.; θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτʼ ὀμφή, of the voice of the dream sent by Zeus to Agamemnon, Il.; κατʼ ὀμφὴν σήν on hearing the sound of thy name (for the name of Oedipus had something awful in it), Soph.
    • 2a sweet voice, Pind.:— a voice, sound, Eur.