ὀφθαλμός

ὀφθαλμός, ὁ, (ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι, v. ὄψ B)

• eye, used by Hom. and Hes. mostly in pl.; ὀφθαλμοὶ δʼ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν . . ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι Od. 19.211: sg., παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. Hdt. 9.22: the pl. continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in Ar. Nu. 362: pl. is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος before oneʼs eyes, Il. 24.204; οὐδʼ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι ib. 463; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc., 10.275, Od. 4.47, etc.; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before oneʼs eyes, 8.459, Il. 24.312; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before oneʼs eyes, X. An. 4.5.29; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before oneʼs eyes, Pl. Tht. 174c; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, Id. R. 452d; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. Id. Smp. 213a; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι Aeschin. 2.148; ἐπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν Luc. Tox. 20; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any oneʼs sight, Hdt. 5.106; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι Id. 1.120; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν Alciphr. 3.20; κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to oneʼs face, opp. εἰς οὖς, Ar. Ra. 626; τυράννου κατʼ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, X. Hier. 1.14: sg. in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν, by eye, PHolm. 7.23, PLeid.X. 62; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει Philostr. Im. 1.19, cf. IG 2(2).1607.24, Poll. 1.86; whence the joke in Ar. Ach. 97.
• • • 2 στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, Gal. 17(1).400.
  • II in sg., the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. Hes. Op. 267; Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθʼ ὁρᾷ Men. Mon. 179; δεσπότου ὀ. X. Oec. 12.20; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων A. Ch. 934 (so ὄμμα Pers. 169); and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως the kingʼs eye was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, A. Pers. 979 (lyr.), Hdt. 1.114, Ar. Ach. 92, X. Cyr. 8.2.10 sq., Arist. Pol. 1287b29, Ph. 1.642; cf. οὖς.
  • III the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, Pi. O. 3.20, A. Th. 390; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, Secund. Sent. 5.
  • IV the dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, Pi. O. 2.10, 6.16; also, light, cheer, comfort, μέγας <γʼ> ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι S. OT 987, cf. E. Andr. 406.
  • V eye or bud of a plant or tree, Alcm. 43, Ion Eleg. 1.6, Hp. Nat.Puer. 26, X. Oec. 19.10, Thphr. HP 1.8.5, etc.
  • VI a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes, Hp. Off. 7, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.29, 30.
  • VII Archit., in dual, the disks forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, IG 1(2).374.291.

ὀφθαλμός, ὁ (ΟΠ, ὤφθην, nicht zusammengesetzt), das Auge, Hom. u. Folgde überall ; ὃν ὀφθαλμοῦ ἀλάωσεν, Od. 1.69 ; κατὰ δʼ ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτʼ ἀχλύς, Il. 16.344 ; ὀφθαλμοὶ δʼ ὡσεὶ κέρα ἕστασαν ἠὲ σίδηρος, Od. 19.211 ; auch ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, u. ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς, Hom.; ἀνδρὸς ἐς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐλθέμεν, Il. 24.520, wie auch wir sagen : vor die Augen kommen, vor sein Angesicht ; ὄφρʼ ἤτοι τοῦτον ἐπιφλέγῃ ἀκάματον πῦρθᾶσσον ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν, 23.53 ; u. so ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν γενέσθαι, aus den Augen kommen, wie γίγνεσθαί τινι ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν, Her. 5.106, Xen. Hier. 6.13 ; τὠφθαλμὼ παραβάλλων, Plat. Symp. 221b ; τὸ δὲ δεῖξαι λέγω εἰς τὴν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αἴσθησιν καταστῆσαι, Crat. 430e ; er verbindet τὰ παρὰ ποδὸς καὶ τὰ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς, das was vor Augen offen daliegt, Theaet. 174c ; κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί, Einem ins Gesicht Etwas sagen, Ar. Ran. 626, wie τυράννου κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς κατηγορεῖν, Xen. Hier. 1.14 ; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἔχειν τινά, Jem. in den Augen behalten, nicht aus den Augen lassen, An. 4.5.29 ; πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν λαμβάνειν τι, τιθέναι τί τινι, Pol. 2.35.8, 3.108.1. – Uebertr., αἰθέρος ὀφθαλμός, von der Sonne u. dem Monde, poet. bei Suid.; ὅλον ἑσπέρας ὀφθαλμόν, Pind. Ol. 3.21 ; νυκτός, Aesch. Spt. 372 ; auch ὀφθαλμὸν οἴκων, Ch. 922 ; auch übh. das Köstlichste, Beste, Σικελίας, Pind. Ol. 2.11 ; στρατιᾶς, 6.16 ; καὶ μὴν μέγας γʼ ὀφθαλμός οἱ πατρὸς τάφος, Soph. O.R. 987 ; εἷς παῖς ὅδʼ ἦν μοι λοιπὸς ὀφθαλμὸς βίου, Eur. Andr. 407 ; sp.D.
Bei den Persern heißen βασιλέως ὀφθαλμοί des Königs Räte, durch welche er seine Untertanen sah, Aesch. Pers. 941 ; vgl. Schol. Ar. Ach. 92 ; Xen. Cyr. 8.2.12 ; Plut. Artax. 12. – Beim Schiffe ist es nach Schol. Ar. a.a.O. κώπης τρῆμα, Ruderpforte ; nach Poll. 1.86 u. Att. Seew. II.68, 75 ein runder Schild mit dem Namen des Schiffes am Vorderteile angebracht. – Auch die Knospen und Augen der Bäume und Pflanzen, Theophr. u. Sp.

ὀφθαλμός

-οῦ, ὁ

[ὀπ-. See ὁράω.]

The eye Il. 1.587, Il. 3.28, Il. 5.127, Il. 9.503, Il. 11.250, etc. : Od. 1.69, Od. 2.155, Od. 4.115, Od. 8.64 (sight), Od. 11.426, etc.

Of wild boars Il. 13.474 : Od. 19.446.

ὀφθαλμός (ός, -όν, -οί.)

• 1eye cf. ὄμμα.
• • a lit. τὸν μὲν ἐσελθόντʼ ἔγνον ὀφθαλμοὶ πατρός P. 4.120 ἀνὰ δʼ ἔλυσεν μὲν ὀφθαλμόν, ἔπειτα δὲ φωνὰν χαλκομίτρα Κάστορος N. 10.90
  • b met., orb, circle ὅλον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντέφλεξε Μήνα O. 3.20
  • c met., pride, crown Σικελίας τʼ ἔσαν ὀφθαλμός O. 2.10 “ποθέω στρατιᾶς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐμᾶς” (= Ἀμφιάρηον [corr. of Slater's Ἀμφιτρύωνα]) O. 6.16 μεγαλᾶν πολίων ἔχει συγγενὴς ὀφθαλμὸς αἰδοιότατον γέρας τεᾷ τοῦτο μειγνύμενον φρενί (sic interpungit Rose, C.Q., 1939, 69 sqq., probante nunc Snell: post πολίων codd., edd. plerique, def. Burton, 139—42: locus obscurus) P. 5.18

ὀφθαλμός (root ὀπ, cf. oculus): eye; freq., (ἐν) ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶσθαι, ‘see with oneʼs eyes’; ἐς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐλθεῖν, ‘into oneʼs sight,’ Il. 24.204.

ὀφθαλμός, οῦ, ὁ, from !οπ, Root of ὄψομαι, ὀφθῆναι

• • Ithe eye, mostly in pl., Hom., etc.; ἐλθεῖν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος to come before oneʼs eyes, Il.; ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν before oneʼs eyes, Lat. in oculis, Hom., Attic; πρὸ τῶν ὀφθ. Aeschin.; ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν out of oneʼs sight, Hdt.; κατʼ ὀφθαλμούς to oneʼs face, Ar.
  • IIin sg. the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀφθ. Hes.; so a king is called ὀφθ. οἴκων Aesch.; and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως, the kingʼs eye, was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his subjects, Hdt., Ar., etc.
  • IIIἑσπέρας ὀφθ., νυκτὸς ὀφθ., of the moon, Pind.
  • IVthe dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, ὀφθαλμὸς Σικελίας Pind.; μέγας ὀφθαλμός a great comfort, Soph.
  • Vthe eye or bud of a plant or tree, Xen.