ὀπίδδομαι

ὀπίζομαι, [dialect] Lacon. [full] ὀπίδδομαι IG5(1).919, Hom. only [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. 2 and [ per.] 3sg.: later also part. (v. infr.), and [tense] aor.

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ὠπίσατο Q.S.2.618

: ([etym.] ὄπις):—regard with awe and dread,

Διὸς δ' ὠπίζετο μῆνιν Od.14.283

;

τῶν ὅ γ' ὀπίζετο μῆνιν Hes.Sc.21

;

σὸν θυμὸν ὀπίζομαι Od.13.148

;

μητρὸς.. ὠπίζετ' ἐφετμήν Il.18.216

;

ἐμὲ δ' οὐδὲν ὀπίζεο νόσφιν ἐόντα 22.332

, cf. h.Merc. 382 : abs. in part., feel awe or reverence, Pi.P.4.86, I.3.5 ;

χάρις ὀπιζομένα

filled with reverence,

Id.P.2.17

.

2 after Hom., care for, c. gen. pers., Thgn.734, 1148, A.R.2.181, Man.6.218 :—so later in [voice] Act.,

σώματος.. ὀπίζων App.Anth.3.143

.—[dialect] Ep. and Lyr. Verb, never in Trag.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `revenge, punishment, retribution of the gods' (Hom., Hes.), `help, assistance from the gods' (Pi. P. 8, 71); 2. `awe, obedience, worry' (Hdt., Pi., Mosch.).

Derivatives: ὀπίζομαι, also with ἐπι-, (Il.), Lac. epigramm ὀπίδδομαι, late aor. ὠπίσατο (Q. S.) `to entertain awe, to dread, to shy', posthom. `to worry about'; adj. ὀπιδνός `awesome' (A. R. 2, 292), rather verbal than nominal, cf. Chantraine Form. 193 a. 195. PN Δηϊ-οπίτης, Όπίτης m. (Λ 420 u. 301), cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 128 n. 2 with wrong conclusions on the stemformation.

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

Etymology: The hardly to be rejected connection with ὀπ- in ὄψομαι etc. (s. ὄπωπα) implies an oldest meaning `sight, look glance' ('harming glance'? Porzig Satzinhalte 352), from where partly `animadversio, punishment', partly `consideration, respect, recerence'. Details in Kaufmann - Bühler Herm. 84, 285f. The meaning-development of the noun was partly influenced by ὀπίζομαι. -- Cf. ἐνιπή w. lit.; older lit. (with wrong etymology) in Bq.

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