ὄμμα,
Aeolic dialect ὄππα [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.11] Refs 7th c.BC+]: τό:— eye, poetry word, rare in Prose [[(5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 45c, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.26, “Mem.” 1.4.6, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 50, +others, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.81V., “BGU” 713.9 (1st c.AD), “IG” 42(1).121.121 (Epid.)): 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only use plural, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.217; ὕπνον ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι χεῦε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.492, etc.: _sing._ in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.63 and Trag. (see. below):] Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look straight at, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1385; ἀναβλέψαι ὀρθ. ὄμμ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.30; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 528 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face,[[ [prev. work] 1371, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.121; ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 241 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖον ὄ. πατρὶ δηλώσ; [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 462 ] Refs]; τέοισί με χρὴ ὄμμασι.. φαίνεσθα; [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπρὸς ὄμματι radiant in look or expression, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81; ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄ. θἀτέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχειν [prev. author] “Tr.” 272 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσέσχον ὄ. turned their eyes on him, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 931 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς σὸν ἐλθεῖν ὄ. come within sight of thee, [[ [prev. author] “Heracl.” 887 ] Refs]; κατ᾽ ὄμματα before one's eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 760 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα ἐλθεῖν face to face, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1064 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄμμα στῆναι in full sight, openly, [[[prev. work] 1117 ] Refs]; opposed to νύκτωρ, [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 469 ] Refs]; κρατιστεύων κατ᾽ ὄμμα in eye-sight, of the Sun, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 102 (Lyric poetry) (but λαμπρὰ καὶ κατ᾽ ὄμμα καὶ φύσιν is uncertain in 379) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρευμενοῦς ἀπ᾽ ὄμματος ἰδέσθαι look kindly on, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 210; πεύθομαι δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων νόστον [prev. author] “Ag.” 988 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by the eye, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 216 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὄμμασι before one's eyes, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 604; ἐν τοῖς ὄ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; ἐπ᾽ ὀμμάτων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1153 (Lyric poetry); so παρ᾽ ὄμμα, εἰ δ᾽ ἦν παρ᾽ ὄμμα θάνατος [prev. work] 484 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of sight, [[ [prev. author] “IA” 743; ἄπειμ᾽ ἐξ ὀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Phrynichus Tragicus 21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὀμμάτων τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455a23, “Rh.” 1386a34 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὀ. θέσις Polystr. [prev. cited]