ᾤα, ἡ,
__A ={μηλωτή}, sheepskin, [[ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 57 (_anapaest meter_), compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.181, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; στέγασμα, εἴ τι βόλεστε, ἀποπέμψαι ἢ ὤας ἢ διφθέρας ὡς εὐτελεστάτας καὶ μὴ σισυρωτάς “SIG” 1259 (Athens, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 garment of this material, a sort of drawers or apron, used by bathers, περιζωσάμενος ᾤαν λουτρίδα, κατάδεσμον ἥβης [[ 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾤαν λούμενος (Bentl. for λουμένῳ) προζώννυται [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; worn at certain sacred rites, [[ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 53 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II ={ὄα} (B).[[ 1, ] Refs]border or fringe of a garment, ={τὸ κράσπεδον τοῦ ἱματίου}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus cited in “Legal icon Messanense” p.411 (σὺν τῷ ῑ, but 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. and 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis cite (“fragment” 228) the same play for ὀαὶ τῶν ἱματίων); τὴν ᾤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματος LXX.Psa.132(133).2, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).776, uncertain conjecture in 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 31.23 (bis); ᾤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τοῦ περιστομίου, ἔργον ὑφάντου, ἵνα μὴ ῥαγῇ LXX.Exo.28.28, compare 36.31; 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis speaks of the χρυσῆ ᾤα of Odysseus, 1828.53. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 generally, edge, ἐς τὰν ἄνω ὠίαν τᾶς πέτρας [[ “GDI” 5075.59 (from Crete)] Refs]; ἡ ὤα τοῦ ἄντρου τῆς μεγάλης πέτρας ἦν τὸ μεσαίτατον [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.4 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰν βωίαν (i. e. ϝωίαν) Ὀρυκόππαν [[ “GDI” 5024 A 24 (from Crete)] Refs]; στεφάνυσι [δέ] ἑκατ᾽ ὤιαν ἐκόσμιον summit, uncertain in [[ 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 1.26.—Grammars vary in spelling, ὄα 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.62, Hdn.Gr. 2.271 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὄα and ᾤα [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; ᾦα 9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 106; ὦα 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis (see. above), quoting 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 266 (whose lexicon gave both ὄα and ᾦα) and an anonymous lexicon which gave ὀαὶ ἱματίων (ὀξυτόνως καὶ συνεσταλμένως, = 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 228): “SIG” 1259 (see. above) is by a half-educated writer: 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis considers ᾤα to be _contraction_ from οἰέη or ὀΐα, 877.53, 1828.51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]