ὀφθαλμός

See also οφθαλμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὁράω (horaō, “I see”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /opʰtʰalmós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /opʰtʰalmós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /oɸθalmós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /oftalmós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /oftalmós/

Noun

ὀφθαλμός (genitive ὀφθαλμοῦ) m, second declension; (ophthalmos)

1. eye
2. sight
3. understanding
4. that which is dearest or best
5. the bud of a plant (such as the eye of a potato)

Inflection

Second declension of ὀφθαλμός, ὀφθαλμοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀφθαλμός	τὼ ὀφθαλμώ	οἱ ὀφθαλμοί
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ	τοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν	τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν
Dative	τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ	τοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν	τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς
Accusative	τὸν ὀφθαλμόν	τὼ ὀφθαλμώ	τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
Vocative	ὀφθαλμέ	ὀφθαλμώ	ὀφθαλμοί

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3788