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ὄσσε

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *óťťe, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁, dual of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), root noun of *h₃ekʷ- (“to see, eye”). Cognates include Latin oculus (“eye”), Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Old Armenian ակն (akn), աչք (ačʻkʻ), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), Proto-Slavic *oko, Old English ēage (English eye).

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Noun

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ὄσσε • (ósse) n du (genitive ὄσσοιν); second declension

  1. eyes
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.434–435:
      τὸν τόθ’ ὑπ’ Ἰδομενῆϊ Ποσειδάων ἐδάμασσε
      θέλξας ὄσσε φαεινά, πέδησε δὲ φαίδιμα γυῖα:
      tòn tóth’ hup’ Idomenêï Poseidáōn edámasse
      thélxas ósse phaeiná, pédēse dè phaídima guîa:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.616–618:
      […] λάκε δ’ ὀστέα, τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε
      πὰρ ποσὶν αἱματόεντα χαμαὶ πέσον ἐν κονίῃσιν,
      ἰδνώθη δὲ πεσών: […]
      […] láke d’ ostéa, tṑ dé hoi ósse
      pàr posìn haimatóenta khamaì péson en koníēisin,
      idnṓthē dè pesṓn: […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.236–237:
      κοίμησόν μοι Ζηνὸς ὑπ’ ὀφρύσιν ὄσσε φαεινὼ
      αὐτίκ’ ἐπεί κεν ἐγὼ παραλέξομαι ἐν φιλότητι.
      koímēsón moi Zēnòs hup’ ophrúsin ósse phaeinṑ
      autík’ epeí ken egṑ paraléxomai en philótēti.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.466:
      […] πυρὶ δ’ ὄσσε δεδήει.
      […] purì d’ ósse dedḗei.
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    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.476–477:
      οὔτε νεώτατός ἐσσι μετ’ Ἀργείοισι τοσοῦτον,
      οὔτέ τοι ὀξύτατον κεφαλῆς ἐκδέρκεται ὄσσε:
      oúte neṓtatós essi met’ Argeíoisi tosoûton,
      oúté toi oxútaton kephalês ekdérketai ósse:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.130–132:
      βῆ δ’ ἴμεν ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς,
      ὅς τ’ εἶσ’ ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος, ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε
      δαίεται: […]
      bê d’ ímen hṓs te léōn oresítrophos alkì pepoithṓs,
      hós t’ eîs’ huómenos kaì aḗmenos, en dé hoi ósse
      daíetai: […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 824–827:
      […] ἐκ δέ οἱ ὤμων
      ἣν ἑκατὸν κεφαλαὶ ὄφιος, δεινοῖο δράκοντος,
      γλώσσῃσιν δνοφερῇσι λελιχμότες, ἐκ δέ οἱ ὄσσων
      θεσπεσίῃς κεφαλῇσιν ὑπ’ ὀφρύσι πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν·
      […] ek dé hoi ṓmōn
      hḕn hekatòn kephalaì óphios, deinoîo drákontos,
      glṓssēisin dnopherêisi lelikhmótes, ek dé hoi óssōn
      thespesíēis kephalêisin hup’ ophrúsi pûr amárussen;
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 400–402:
      δακρυσίστακτα δ’ ἀπ’ ὄσσων
      ῥαδινὰν λειβομένα ῥέος παρειὰν
      νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς:
      dakrusístakta d’ ap’ óssōn
      rhadinàn leiboména rhéos pareiàn
      notíois étenxa pagaîs:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • ante AD 8th C., Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 3.400.5
    • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 144–145:
      ἐν μέσσωι δ’ ἀδάμαντος ἔην Φόβος οὔ τι φατειός,
      ἔμπαλιν ὄσσοισιν πυρὶ λαμπομένοισι δεδορκώς·
      en méssōi d’ adámantos éēn Phóbos oú ti phateiós,
      émpalin óssoisin purì lampoménoisi dedorkṓs;
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 424–432:
      Τὸν μὲν ἔπειτ’ εἴασε Διὸς ταλακάρδιος υἱός,
      αὐτὸς δὲ βροτολοιγὸν Ἄρην προσιόντα δοκεύσας,
      δεινὸν ὁρῶν ὄσσοισι, λέων ὣς σώματι κύρσας,
      ὅς τε μάλ’ ἐνδυκέως ῥινὸν κρατεροῖς ὀνύχεσσι
      σχίσσας ὅττι τάχιστα μελίφρονα θυμὸν ἀπηύρα·
      ἐμ μένεος δ’ ἄρα τοῦ γε κελαινὸν πίμπλαται ἦτορ·
      γλαυκιόων δ’ ὄσσοις δεινὸν πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους
      οὐρῆι μαστιόων ποσσὶν γλάφει, οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν
      ἔτλη ἐς ἄντα ἰδὼν σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν οὐδὲ μάχεσθαι·
      Tòn mèn épeit’ eíase Diòs talakárdios huiós,
      autòs dè brotoloigòn Árēn prosiónta dokeúsas,
      deinòn horôn óssoisi, léōn hṑs sṓmati kúrsas,
      hós te mál’ endukéōs rhinòn krateroîs onúkhessi
      skhíssas hótti tákhista melíphrona thumòn apēúra;
      em méneos d’ ára toû ge kelainòn pímplatai êtor;
      glaukióōn d’ óssois deinòn pleurás te kaì ṓmous
      ourêi mastióōn possìn gláphei, oudé tis autòn
      étlē es ánta idṑn skhedòn elthémen oudè mákhesthai;
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 29:
      ὄσταθι κἄντα ⟨θᾶ με φίλαν⟩ φίλος
      καὶ τὰν ἐπ’ ὄσσοισ’ ὀμπέτασον χάριν.
      óstathi kánta ⟨thâ me phílan⟩ phílos
      kaì tàn ep’ óssois’ ompétason khárin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 144–147:
      […] φοβερὰ
      δ’ ἐμοῖσιν ὄσσοις ὀμίχλα
      προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων
      σὸν δέμας εἰσιδούσᾳ
      πέτραις προσαυαινόμενον
      ταῖσδ’ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις.
      […] phoberà
      d’ emoîsin óssois omíkhla
      prosêixe plḗrēs dakrúōn
      sòn démas eisidoúsāi
      pétrais prosauainómenon
      taîsd’ adamantodétoisi lúmais.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 677–679:
      […] βουκόλος δὲ γηγενὴς
      ἄκρατος ὀργὴν Ἄργος ὡμάρτει, πυκνοῖς
      ὄσσοις δεδορκὼς τοὺς ἐμοὺς κατὰ στίβους.
      […] boukólos dè gēgenḕs
      ákratos orgḕn Árgos hōmártei, puknoîs
      óssois dedorkṑs toùs emoùs katà stíbous.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 469–470:
      […] βάλλεται γὰρ ὄσ-
      σοις Διόθεν κάρανα.
      […] bálletai gàr ós-
      sois Dióthen kárana.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1231–1233:
      τὸν δ’ ἀγρίοις ὄσσοισι παπτήνας ὁ παῖς,
      πτύσας προσώπῳ κοὐδὲν ἀντειπών, ξίφους
      ἕλκει διπλοῦς κνώδοντας. […]
      tòn d’ agríois óssoisi paptḗnas ho paîs,
      ptúsas prosṓpōi koudèn anteipṓn, xíphous
      hélkei diploûs knṓdontas. […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ichneutae 47
    • 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Collected Works 58.28
    • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Usage notes

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While ὄσσε (ósse) is historically dual, it later came to be treated as plural.

Declension

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Irregular declension of τὼ ὄσσε; τοῖν ὄσσοιν (Attic)
Case / # Dual Plural
Nominative τὼ ὄσσε
tṑ ósse 		τᾰ̀ ὄσσε
tằ ósse
Genitive τοῖν ὄσσοιν
toîn óssoin 		τῶν ὄσσων
tôn óssōn
Dative τοῖν ὄσσοιν
toîn óssoin 		τοῖς ὄσσοις
toîs óssois
Accusative τὼ ὄσσε
tṑ ósse 		τᾰ̀ ὄσσε
tằ ósse
Vocative ὄσσε
ósse 		ὄσσε
ósse
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Synonyms

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References

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  • “ὄσσε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὄσσε”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ὄσσε”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὄσσε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ὄσσε in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ὄσσε”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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