ὄψ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /óps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ops/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“voice”). Related to ἔπος (épos) and εἰπεῖν (eipeîn). Cognates include Latin vōx, Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c), and Tocharian A wak.^[1]

Noun

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension

(poetic) voice
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.76
(poetic) word
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.53

Usage notes

Only used in oblique cases.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὄψ; τῆς ὀπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄψ hē óps	τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe	αἱ ὄπες hai ópes
Genitive	τῆς ὀπός tês opós	τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn	τῶν ὀπῶν tôn opôn
Dative	τῇ ὀπῐ́ tēî opĭ́	τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn	ταῖς ὀψῐ́ / ὀψῐ́ν taîs opsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὄπᾰ tḕn ópă	τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe	τᾱ̀ς ὄπᾰς tā̀s ópăs
Vocative	ὄψ óps	ὄπε ópe	ὄπες ópes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos)
Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē)
Παρθενόπη (Parthenópē)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄψ 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1138–39

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”). See also ὤψ (ṓps).^[1]

Noun

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension (rare)

eye; face
- 490 BCE – 430 BCE, Empedocles, Collected Works 371

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὄψ; τῆς ὀπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄψ hē óps	τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe	αἱ ὄπες hai ópes
Genitive	τῆς ὀπός tês opós	τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn	τῶν ὀπῶν tôn opôn
Dative	τῇ ὀπῐ́ tēî opĭ́	τοῖν ὀποῖν toîn opoîn	ταῖς ὀψῐ́ / ὀψῐ́ν taîs opsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὄπᾰ tḕn ópă	τὼ ὄπε tṑ ópe	τᾱ̀ς ὄπᾰς tā̀s ópăs
Vocative	ὄψ óps	ὄπε ópe	ὄπες ópes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

αἶθοψ (aîthops)
Μερόπη (Merópē)

Related terms

ὄσσε (ósse)
ὄμμα (ómma)
ὄψις (ópsis)
ὄψομαι (ópsomai)
ὤψ (ṓps)

Descendants

→ Translingual: -ops

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄψ 2, ὀπός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1139

“ὄψ (B)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ὄψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ὄψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὄψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὄψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ὄψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 775

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄψ 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1138–39

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄψ 2, ὀπός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1139

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ὄψ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Usage notes

Inflection

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

Further reading