ὤψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ɔ͜ɔ́pʰs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /oːpʰs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /oɸs/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ops/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ops/

Noun

ὤψ (genitive ὠπός) f, third declension; (ōps)

1. eye
2. face
3. countenance

Inflection

Third declension of ὤψ, ὠπός

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὤψ	τὼ ὦπε	αἱ ὦπες
Genitive	τῆς ὠπός	τοῖν ὠποῖν	τῶν ὠπῶν
Dative	τῇ ὠπί	τοῖν ὠποῖν	ταῖς ὠψί(ν)
Accusative	τὴν ὦπᾰ	τὼ ὦπε	τὰς ὦπᾰς
Vocative	ὤψ	ὦπε	ὦπες

Related terms

• ὄσσε
• ὄμμα

References

• LSJ
• J.B.Hofmann, Ετυμολογικόν Λεξικόν της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής (Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen)