Ὦπες

eyes

Translated by Pam Little14 Apr 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

7 words

[w)=pes means the same as] oi( o)fqalmoi/.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὦπες· οἱ ὀφθαλμοί.

Betacode

*)=wpes: oi( o)fqalmoi/.

Notes

Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. The gloss simply elucidates a poetic word -- which can also, more broadly, mean faces -- with its prose equivalent. See omega 290.

Linked from2 entries

ω139ὮπαςOpasA proper name.
ω290Ὤψface[w)/y, genitive] w)po/s: [meaning] the countenance, [spelled] with omega. But o)/y, [genitive] o)po/s, [means] voice, [spelled] with omicron.

Neighbouring entries

ω140Ὦ παῖo son ω141Ὦ περὶ πάντ'o you who on every occasion ω142Ὦπεςeyes ω143ὮπιςOpis, Upi ω144Ὦ πλεῖον ἵλως αἱμύλης ἀλώπεκοςo ?knowing? more than a wily vixen

Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Oct 2023

10 Oct 2023cross-reference — Catharine Roth
1 Nov 2013expanded note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Jul 2001added note and keyword — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2000Translated — Pam Little