ὀμματο-στερής

ὀμμᾰτο-στερής, ές,

A bereft of eyes, S.OC 1260, E.Ph. 327 (lyr.).

II [voice] Act., depriving of eyes, φλογμὸς ὀ. φυτῶν heat that robs plants of their eyes or buds, A.Eu. 940 (lyr.).

ὀμματο-στερής, ές, der Augen beraubt; act., der Augen beraubend, blendend

     ὀμματοστερής

     ὀμμᾰτο-στερής

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    1) лишенный глаз, слепой

    

(πρέσβυς Eur.)

    2) сжигающий почки

    

(φλογμὸς ὀ. φυτῶν Aesch.)

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `eye'; also `look, sight, face', metaph `sun, light' (Il.).

Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in ὀμματο-στερής `bereaving one of ones eyes, blinding' (A. in lyr.), `bereaved of ones eyes, blind' (S., E. in lyr.); often as 2. member, e.g. μελαν-όμματος `with black eyes' (Pl., Arist.; cf. Sommer Nominalkomp. 17 f.).

Derivatives: Dimin. ὀμμάτιον n. (Arist., AP; = NGr. μάτι); further ὀμμάτειος `belonging to the eyes' (S. Fr. 801), ὀμματόω `to provide eyes, to illuminate' (A., D.S.), ἐξ- ὄμμα `to bereave someone of his eyes' (E. Fr. 541), `to open someones eyes, to illuminate' (A., S., Ph. u.a.), ἐν- ὄμμα `to provide eyes' (Ph.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [775]* h₃ekʷ- `see'

Etymology: Beside the usual ὄμμα stands the rare ὄππατα (Sapph.) and ὄθματα (Call., Nic., Hymn. Is.), which like ὄμμα may have arisen first from *ὄπμα by progressive assimilation resp. through differenciation (Schwyzer 317 w. lit.); diff. on ὄππατα WP. 1, 170; s. also Fraenkel Phil. 96, 164 (ππ affective consonantsharpening for *ὄπατα with Specht KZ 62, 214); ῎ὄθματα rather artificial reshaping with - θμα (Chantraine, Form. 175, R, Schmitt, Nominalbildung des Kallimachos 102. -- If a verbal noun in - μα from ὀπ- `see' ( ὄπ-ωπα, ὄψομαι), ὄμμα must orig. have meant `seeing, glance' (cf. Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 66 w. lit.); but the word can also be an enlargement of the root noun in ὄσσε (Schwyzer 524, Porzig Satzinhalte 266). -- Cf. ὄπωπα and ὄσσε (not ὀφθαλμός).

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