aspect, appearance
ὄψις,ἡ, gen.εως, Ion.
ιος, (ὄπωπα):
I. objective,aspect, appearanceof a person or thing, πατρὸς φίλου ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς
Il. 6.468
; εἰσορόων ὄ. τ' ἀγαθὴν καὶ μῦθον ἀκούων
24.632
, cf. S. Ph. 1412 (anap.); δῶρον, οὐ σπουδαῖον εἰς ὄ.
Id. OC 577
;πλείω τὴν ὄ. παρείχετοmade theappearancegreater, Th. 6.46 ; ἀξιόλογον ὄ. παρέχεται τὸ δένδρος
PCair.Zen. 157.4
(iii B. C.); ὥστε ὄ. καλὴν φαίνεσθαι
X. An. 5.9.9
; εἰκάζεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς φανερᾶς ὄ.
Th. 1.10
; τὴν ὄ. τοῦ σώματος προορᾶν
Id. 7.44
: the acc. is used abs.,in appearance, τῷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος
Pi. N. 10.15
; στρογγύλος τὴν ὄ.
Hermipp. 4
; ἀστειότατον τὴν ὄ.
Alex. 59
;καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν ὄ. Pl. Prm. 127b ;ἀπὸ τῆς ὄ. Ἑλληνικόςto judge from hislooks, Antiph. 33.2 ; so ἐκ τῆς ὄ.
POxy. 37 ii 3
(i A. D.).
b. countenance, face, E. Med. 905 , Pl. Phdr. 240d , 254b , etc.;διοίδησις ὅλης ὄ. Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.83 , cf. Sor. 1.44 , Philum. ap. Aët. 9.7 ;οὐκ ἄξιον ἀπ' ὄψεως οὔτε φιλεῖν οὔτε μισεῖν οὐδέναby thefaceorlookmerely, Lys. 16.19 ;ἀδήλως τῇ ὄ. πλασάμενοςso that nothing could be learnt from hiscountenance, Th. 6.58 ; τίνι δεδούλωταί ποτε; ὄψει
Men. 541.2
: pl., Alex. 98.6 , Anaxandr. 41.38 .
c. visual impressionorimageof an object, Pl. Tht. 193c .
2. thing seen, sight, φοβερὰν ὄ. προσιδέσθαι
A. Pers. 48
(anap.), cf. Supp. 567 (lyr.); ὁρῶ Πυλάδην . . , ἡδεῖαν ὄ.
E. Or. 727
, cf. Pl. Lg. 887d , etc.;ἄλλην ὄ. οἰκοδομημάτωνother architecturalsights, Hdt. 2.136 ;τὰ δὲ χρήματα . . ἔστιν ὄψιςmereoutside show, Antiph. 33.2 ; πολλὴν ὄ. παρασχόντα ἔπειτα μηδὲν ὠφελῆσαι
Hp. Art. 44
; of scenic representations, Arist. Po. 1453b1 , al.;ὁ τῆς ὄ. κόσμοςib. 1449b33 : pl., ib. 1462a16 .
3. vision, apparition, Hdt. 1.39 , etc.; ὄ. ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ
Id. 3.30
, al.; ὄ. ἐνυπνίου
Id. 8.54
; ὄ. ὀνείρου
Id. 1.38
; ὄ. ἔννυχοι
A. Pr. 645
, cf. Ag. 425 (lyr.), S. El. 413 , E. Hec. 72 (lyr.), IG 42(1).121.11 (Epid.,iv B. C.), etc.
II. subjective,power of sightorseeing, vision,ὄψει τινὰ ἰδεῖν, ἐσιδεῖν, Il. 20.205 , Od. 25.94 , cf. Heraclit. 55 , Democr. 11 , Emp. 4.10 , Th. 7.75 , etc.;τῆς ἐμῆς ὄ. Hdt. 2.99 , 147 ; τῆς ὄ. στερηθῆναι
Id. 9.93
, etc.;οὐ τὸ δρασθὲν πιστότερον
ὄψει λαβόντες ἢ τὸ ἀκουσθέν
Th. 3.38
;οὐ καθορωμένους τῇ ὄ. νυκτὸς οὔσηςib. 112 .
b. act of seeingorlooking, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἄνω ὄ.
Pl. Cra. 396b
;sense of sight, Arist. de An. 428a6 , Mete. 369b9 ;τὰ διὰ τῆς ὄ., of pleasures, Id. EN 1118a3 , etc.
c. pl.,organs of sight, eyes,ὄψεις μαρᾶναιto quenchthe orbs of sight, S. OT 1328 , cf. Ant. 52 , Heraclit. 26 ; τὸ κάλλος πάντων εἷλκε τὰς ὄ. ἐπ' αὐτόν
X. Smp. 1.9
;ἀσθενῖ( = -εῖ )τὰς ὄ. POxy. 911.6
(iii A. D.): so in sg.,ἐστερήθη τῆς μιᾶς ὄ. Plb. 3.79.12 : sg. in collective sense,the eyes, [ἰχθῦς] λευκὴν ἔχοντες τὴν ὄ. Arist. HA 602a11 , cf. PA 656b29 .
d. Medic.,irisof the eye, Hp. Prorrh. 2.19 (buteye-balloreye, Id. Prog. 7 (pl.)); also,pupil, Ruf. Onom. 23 .
e. of thevisual rayswhich were supposed to proceed from the eyes, Pl. Ti. 45c , 46b , Arist. Mete. 343a13 , 370a19 : in other places Arist. controverted this Empedoclean theory, Sens. 437b14 .
2. view, sight,ἀπικνέεσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινίcome into one'ssight, i.e.presence, Hdt. 1.136 ;εἰς ὄψιν τινὸςorτινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν, A. Ch. 215 , Pers. 183 , E. Med. 173 (anap.), Or. 513 ;καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄ. Hdt. 5.106 ;ἀποφαίνειν τί τινι ἐς ὄ. Id. 4.81 ; λυπηρὰς τῇ ὄ. ἀχθηδόνας προστιθέμενοι
Th. 2.37
; ἐν ὄ. τοῦ δήμου
Plu. TG 12
;κατ' ὄψιν in person,ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατ' ὄ.as I enjoined youwhen with you,
POxy. 1154.4
(i A. D.), cf. 117.3
(ii/iii A. D.), etc.
b. dignity, position, κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὄ. καὶ ὑπόλημψιν
PLond. 1.77.59
(vi A. D.);ἡ τῶν γονέων ἡμῶν προτεραία ὄ. PMasp. 2 iii6
(vi A. D.).
