ὄψις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ὄψ (óps, eye) +‎ -σῐς (-sis). Diachronically from Proto-Hellenic *ókʷtis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ékʷtis, from *h₃ekʷ- (eye, to see).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ὄψῐς (ópsisf (genitive ὄψεως); third declension

  1. view
  2. sight
  3. face, countenance
    Synonym: πρόσωπον (prósōpon)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: όψη f (ópsi)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄψις”, 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

Further reading

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