ὄψις

ὄψις, ἡ, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, (ὄπωπα):

• • I objective, aspect, appearance of a person or thing, πατρὸς φίλου ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468; εἰσορόων ὄ. τʼ ἀγαθὴν καὶ μῦθον ἀκούων 24.632, cf. S. Ph. 1412 (anap.); δῶρον, οὐ σπουδαῖον εἰς ὄ. Id. OC 577; πλείω τὴν ὄ. παρείχετο made the appearance greater, Th. 6.46; ἀξιόλογον ὄ. παρέχεται τὸ δένδρος PCair.Zen. 157.4 (iii B. C.); ὥστε ὄ. καλὴν φαίνεσθαι X. An. 6.1.9; εἰκάζεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς φανερᾶς ὄ. Th. 1.10; τὴν ὄ. τοῦ σώματος προορᾶν Id. 7.44: the acc. is used abs., in appearance, τῷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος Pi. N. 10.15; στρογγύλος τὴν ὄ. Hermipp. 4; ἀστειότατον τὴν ὄ. Alex. 59; καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν ὄ. Pl. Prm. 127b; ἀπὸ τῆς ὄ. Ἑλληνικός to judge from his looks, Antiph. 33.2; so ἐκ τῆς ὄ. POxy. 37 ii 3 (i A. D.).
  • • • b countenance, face, E. Med. 905, Pl. Phdr. 240d, 254b, etc.; διοίδησις ὅλης ὄ. Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.83, cf. Sor. 1.44, Philum. ap. Aët. 9.7; οὐκ ἄξιον ἀπʼ ὄψεως οὔτε φιλεῖν οὔτε μισεῖν οὐδένα by the face or look merely, Lys. 16.19; ἀδήλως τῇ ὄ. πλασάμενος so that nothing could be learnt from his countenance, Th. 6.58; τίνι δεδούλωταί ποτε; ὄψει Men. 541.2: pl., Alex. 98.6, Anaxandr. 41.38.
      • c visual impression or image of an object, Pl. Tht. 193c.
    • 2 thing seen, sight, φοβερὰν ὄ. προσιδέσθαι A. Pers. 48 (anap.), cf. Supp. 567 (lyr.); ὁρῶ Πυλάδην . ., ἡδεῖαν ὄ. E. Or. 727, cf. Pl. Lg. 887d, etc.; ἄλλην ὄ. οἰκοδομημάτων other architectural sights, Hdt. 2.136; τὰ δὲ χρήματα . . ἔστιν ὄψις mere outside show, Antiph. 33.2; πολλὴν ὄ. παρασχόντα ἔπειτα μηδὲν ὠφελῆσαι Hp. Art. 44; of scenic representations, Arist. Po. 1453b1, al.; ὁ τῆς ὄ. κόσμος ib. 1449b33: pl., ib. 1462a16.
    • 3 vision, apparition, Hdt. 1.39, etc.; ὄ. ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ Id. 3.30, al.; ὄ. ἐνυπνίου Id. 8.54; ὄ. ὀνείρου Id. 1.38; ὄ. ἔννυχοι A. Pr. 645, cf. Ag. 425 (lyr.), S. El. 413, E. Hec. 72 (lyr.), IG 42(1).121.11 (Epid., iv B. C.), etc.
  • II subjective, power of sight or seeing, vision, ὄψει τινὰ ἰδεῖν, ἐσιδεῖν, Il. 20.205, Od. 25.94, cf. Heraclit. 55, Democr. 11, Emp. 4.10, Th. 7.75, etc.; τῆς ἐμῆς ὄ. Hdt. 2.99, 147; τῆς ὄ. στερηθῆναι Id. 9.93, etc.; οὐ τὸ δρασθὲν πιστότερον ὄψει λαβόντες ἢ τὸ ἀκουσθέν Th. 3.38; οὐ καθορωμένους τῇ ὄ. νυκτὸς οὔσης ib. 112.
  • • • b act of seeing or looking, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἄνω ὄ. Pl. Cra. 396b; sense of sight, Arist. de An. 428a6, Mete. 369b9; τὰ διὰ τῆς ὄ., of pleasures, Id. EN 1118a3, etc.
      • c pl., organs of sight, eyes, ὄψεις μαρᾶναι to quench the orbs of sight, S. OT 1328, cf. Ant. 52, Heraclit. 26; τὸ κάλλος πάντων εἷλκε τὰς ὄ. ἐπʼ αὐτόν X. Smp. 1.9; ἀσθενῖ ( = -εῖ) τὰς ὄ. POxy. 911.6 (iii A. D.): so in sg., ἐστερήθη τῆς μιᾶς ὄ. Plb. 3.79.12: sg. in collective sense, the eyes, [ἰχθῦς] λευκὴν ἔχοντες τὴν ὄ. Arist. HA 602a11, cf. PA 656b29.
      • d Medic., iris of the eye, Hp. Prorrh. 2.19 (but eye-ball or eye, Id. Prog. 7 (pl.)); also, pupil, Ruf. Onom. 23.
      • e of the visual rays which were supposed to proceed from the eyes, Pl. Ti. 45c, 46b, Arist. Mete. 343a13, 370a19: in other places Arist. controverted this Empedoclean theory, Sens. 437b14.
    • 2 view, sight, ἀπικνέεσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί come into oneʼs sight, i.e. presence, Hdt. 1.136; εἰς ὄψιν τινὸς or τινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν, A. Ch. 215, Pers. 183, E. Med. 173 (anap.), Or. 513; καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄ. Hdt. 5.106; ἀποφαίνειν τί τινι ἐς ὄ. Id. 4.81; λυπηρὰς τῇ ὄ. ἀχθηδόνας προστιθέμενοι Th. 2.37; ἐν ὄ. τοῦ δήμου Plu. TG 12; κατʼ ὄψιν in person, ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατʼ ὄ. as I enjoined you when with you, POxy. 1154.4 (i A. D.), cf. 117.3 (ii/iii A. D.), etc.
    • • b dignity, position, κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὄ. καὶ ὑπόλημψιν PLond. 1.77.59 (vi A. D.); ἡ τῶν γονέων ἡμῶν προτεραία ὄ. PMasp. 2 iii6 (vi A. D.).

ὄψις, ἡ (ΟΠ), das Sehen, der Anblick ; πατρὸς φίλου ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς, Il. 6.468 ; auch ὄψει ἴδες, 20.205 ; wie ὄψει δʼ ἄλλοτε μέν μιν ἐνωπαδίως ἐσίδεσκεν, Od. 23.94 ; das Antlitz, οἷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος, Pind. N. 10.15 ; εἰς ὄψιν μολεῖν, Aesch. Pers. 179 ; εἰς ὄψιν ἥκεις, Ch. 213, wie εἰς ὀμμάτων ὄψιν περᾶν, Eur. Or. 512 ; εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν τὴν τῶν παιδικῶν ἀστράπτουσαν, Plat. Phaedr. 254b ; ὄψιν ἔχειν, einen Anblick gewähren, Xen. An. 5.9.9. – Das Sehen, die Wahrnehmung durch die Augen, ὄψις ἡμῖν ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος ἔρχεται αἰσθήσεων, Plat. Phaedr. 250d ; ἡ τῆς ὄψεως δύναμις, Rep. VII.532a ; Ggstz τυφλότης, I.353c ; ἐμπίπτοντα εἰς τὴν ὄψιν, Tim. 67d ; προφαίνειν τινὶ ἐς ὄψιν, Her. 4.81 ; ἀπικέσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί, 1.136 ; u. so auch Sp., ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν τιθέναι Pol. 3.99.7 (wie ὑπʼ ὄψιν κειμένη S.Emp. adv. math. 7.261); ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν λαμβάνειν, vor Augen stellen, 2.28.11 ; ἀπὸ τῆς ὄψεως δοκεῖ, auf den ersten Anblick ; ἐν ὄψει πάντων, vor Aller Augen, Luc. vit.auct. 10.
Das Schauspiel, φοβερά, ἀήθης, Aesch. Pers. 48, Suppl. 562 ; ἡδεῖα, Eur. Or. 725 ; κοὐδὲν εἰς ὄψιν πλέον, Soph. Aj. 863, vgl. O.C. 583 ; u. die Augen selbst, πῶς ἔτλης σὰς ὄψεις μαρᾶναι, O.R. 1328 ; Ant. 52 ; auch in Prosa, Pol. 3.79.12, 12.7.3 u. Sp., ὄψεως λήμη, Plut. Non Posse 21. – Die Erscheinung, wie auch wir Gesicht sagen, ὄψεις ἔννυχοι Aesch. Prom. 648, vgl. Spt. 693, Pers. 510 ; Soph. El. 405 ; ἔννυχος, Eur. Hec. 72 ; ὄψιν εἶδε ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ, Her. 3.30 u. öfter, vgl. 8.54, 7.18 ; Plat. Phaed. 60e.

ὄψις

ἡ

[ὀπ-. See ὁράω.]

• • 1

    Exercise of the power of vision : ὄψει οὔ πω σὺ ἐμοὺς ἴδες (with your eyes) Il. 20.205. Cf. Od. 23.94.

  • 2

    The fact of seeing something, the sight of ... : πατρὸς ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468.

  • 3

    Appearance, outward seeming : ἀγαθήν Il. 24.632.

ὄψῐς

• 1appearance τῷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος ἀθανάτων βασιλεὺς αὐλὰν ἐσῆλθεν N. 10.15

ὄψις , ιος (root ὀπ): power of sight; ὄψεϊ ἰδεῖν, ‘with oneʼs eyes,’ Il. 20.205, Od. 23.94; appearance, looks, Il. 6.468, Il. 24.632.

ὄψις, εως, from !οπ, Root of ὄψομαι

• • Ilook, appearance, aspect of a person or thing, Lat. species oris, aspectus, Il., Soph.; εἰκάζεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς φανερᾶς ὄψεως Thuc.:—acc. absol. in appearance, Pind., Attic
  • • 2the countenance, face, Eur., etc.
    • 3= θέαμα, a sight, Aesch., Eur., etc.; ἄλλην ὄψιν οἰκοδομημάτων other architectural sights, Hdt.; τῇ ὄψει from what they saw, opp. to τῇ γνώμῃ, Thuc.
    • 4a vision, apparition, Hdt., Trag.
  • IIeyesight, vision, Hom., Hdt., Attic: in pl. the organs of sight, the eyes, Soph., Xen.
  • • 2view, sight, Lat. conspectus, ἀπικέσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί to come into oneʼs sight, i. e. presence, Hdt.; εἰς ὄψιν τινός or τινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν Aesch., Eur.