ὀφθαλμός, ὁ,
(ὄπωπ-α, ὀφ-θῆναι, see at {ὄψ} B) eye, used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly in plural; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν.. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.211: _sing._, παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: the plural continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 362: _plural_ is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος] Refs 5th c.BC+] before one's eyes, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.204; οὐδ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι [prev. work] 463 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc.,[[ 10.275, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.47, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes,[[ 8.459, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.312 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 452d ] Refs]; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 213a; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.148; ἐπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι [prev. author] 1.120; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opposed to εἰς οὖς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 626 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυράννου κατ᾽ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.14: _sing._ in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν] Refs 5th c.BC+], by eye, [[ PHolm. 7.23, “PLeid.X.” 62] Refs]; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.19, compare “IG” 22.1607.24, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.86 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; whence the joke in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 97. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]