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ὄμμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄμμα ὄμματος

Structure: ὀμματ (Stem)

Etym.: Root found in w)=mmai, perf. pass. of o(ra/w

Sense

  1. the eye, straight, by his eyes or expression, sight, one's eyes, eye-sight, the eye, eyes, sight
  2. that which one sees, a sight, vision
  3. the eye of heaven, the sun
  4. light, that which brings light, the light, anything dear or precious

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄμμα ό̓μματε ό̓μματα
Genitive ό̓μματος ὀμμάτοιν ὀμμάτων
Dative ό̓μματι ὀμμάτοιν ό̓μμασιν*
Accusative ὄμμα ό̓μματε ό̓μματα
Vocative ό̓μμα ό̓μματε ό̓μματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • α ἀλλὰ ἀποπήδησον, μὴ χρονίσῃσ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, μηδὲ ἐπιστήσῃσ τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸσ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 9:19)
  • ἐὰν ἐπιστήσῃσ τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸσ αὐτόν, οὐδαμοῦ φανεῖται. κατεσκεύασται γὰρ αὐτῷ πτέρυγεσ ὥσπερ ἀετοῦ, καὶ ὑποστρέφει εἰσ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ προεστηκότοσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 23:5)
  • ὁ δ’ ἤπιον ὄμμα τανύσσασ ἦκα διακρίνειν πειρήσατο κάλλοσ ἑκάστησ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 167)
  • ἴδεν δὲ Θησεύσ, μέλαν δ’ ὑπ’ ὀφρύων δίνασεν ὄμμα, καρδίαν τέ ϝοι σχέτλιον ἄμυξεν ἄλγοσ, εἶρέν τε· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 1:6)
  • ἅνδρεσ γὰρ ἐκ γῆσ τῆσδε νυκτέρῳ πλάτῃ λαθόντεσ ὄμμα τοὐμὸν ἀρεῖσθαι φυγὴν μέλλουσι· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode2)

Synonyms

  1. that which one sees

  2. light

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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