οὖς
(nominative singular frequently in [[ “IG” Il(2).161 B 126, +others (Delos, 3rd c.BC), see entry near the end), τό, _genitive_ ὠτός, _dative_ ὠτί: _plural_ _nominative_ ὦτα, _genitive_ ὤτων, _dative_ ὠσί (ὤτοις condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 186):— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only _accusative_ _sing._ and _dative_ _plural_ (see. below)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.14), _genitive_ οὔατος, _plural_ _nominative_ and _accusative_ οὔατα (also in 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 21, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 8, +others, “SIG” 1025.62 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC))] Refs 5th c.BC+], dative οὔασι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.442 (ὠσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.200)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Hellenistic nominative singular ὦς [[ “PPetr.” 3p.33 (3rd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 1.12.29, 2.15 ii I (2nd c.BC), “IG” 7.3498.19 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC), Roussel “Cultes Egyptiens” 217 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 87.14 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: also Doric dialect ὦς [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.32 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; plural ὤϝαθ᾽ conjecture for ὦτά θ᾽ in [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 41 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.109; [κηρὸν] ἐπ᾽ ὠσὶν ἄλειψ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place] ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ᾽ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.272; αἲ γὰρ ἀπ᾽ οὔατος εἴη 22.454; ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει 10.535 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 27, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ.. οἰκέει ὁ θυμός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39, compare 1.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 605; φθόγγος βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 56 (Lyric poetry); δι᾽ ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1437 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξὺν δι᾽ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας[[ [prev. work] 737, compare “OT” 1387; δι᾽ ὤτων ἦν λόγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1139, compare “Rh.” 294, 566; so ἁμῖν τοῦτο δι᾽ ὠτὸς ἔγεντο 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.27; λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 149 (_anapaest meter_); εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ.. ηὔδα λόγους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1091, compare “Hipp.” 932; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ (ἐς conjecture Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 105 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d, etc.; so ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα [prev. author] “Smp.” 216a; παραβάλλειν [prev. author] “R.” 531a, cf. Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 375; τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1347; ὦτα χορηγεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.232f; ἀποκλείειν τὰ ὦτα [prev. work]143f; οἱ ὦτα ἔχοντες] Refs 5th c.BC+] those who have ears to hear, [[[prev. work] 1113c: _metaphorically_, of spies in Persia, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.10s q., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 23, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b30; τὸ τῶν λεγομένων ὤτων καὶ προσαγωγέων γένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.522f ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial, see at {λύκο; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς}, of a boxer, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.45 (compare ὠτοκάταξις)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae 54 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]