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1 ὀφθαλμός
A v. ὄψ B) eye, used by Hom. and Hes. mostly in pl.;ὀφθαλμοὶ δ' ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν.. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι Od.19.211
: sg., παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. Hdt.9.22: the pl. continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in Ar.Nu. 362: pl. is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος before one's eyes, Il.24.204; οὐδ' Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι ib. 463; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc., 10.275, Od.4.47, etc.; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes, 8.459, Il.24.312; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, X.An.4.5.29; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, Pl.Tht. 174c; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, Id.R. 452d; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. Id.Smp. 213a;πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι Aeschin.2.148
;ἐπ' ὀφθαλμῶν Luc. Tox.20
; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, Hdt.5.106;ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι Id.1.120
;ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν Alciphr. 3.20
; κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opp. εἰς οὖς, Ar.Ra. 626; τυράννου κατ' ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, X. Hier.1.14: sg. in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν, by eye, PHolm.7.23, PLeid.X.62; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels,βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει Philostr.Im.1.19
, cf. IG22.1607.24, Poll.1.86; whence the joke in Ar.Ach.97.2 στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, Gal.17(1).400.II in sg., the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. Hes.Op. 267;Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθ' ὁρᾷ Men.Mon. 179
;δεσπότου ὀ. X.Oec.12.20
; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, Secund.Sent.3; so a king is calledὀ. οἴκων A.Ch. 934
(so ); and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως the king's eye was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, A.Pers. 979(lyr.), Hdt.1.114, Ar.Ach.92, X.Cyr.8.2.10 sq., Arist.Pol. 1287b29, Ph.1.642; cf. οὖς.III the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, Pi.O.3.20, A.Th. 390; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, Secund.Sent.5.IV the dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, Pi.O.2.10, 6.16; also, light, cheer, comfort,μέγας <γ'> ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι S.OT 987
, cf. E.Andr. 406.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὀφθαλμός
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