- ὀμφή
- ὀμφ-ή, ἡ, poet. Noun,A voice, in Hom. always of the gods,
ταῦτα θεῶν ἐκ πεύσεται ὀμφῆς Il.20.129
;ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od.3.215
,16.96 ; θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτ' ὀ., of the voice of the dream sent by Zeus to Agamemnon, Il.2.41 ; oracle delivered from the inner shrine at Pytho, Thgn.808 ;τρίποδος Philostr.Im.2.19
; κληροῦν ὀμφάν (v.κληρόω 11.2
) ; signified by the flight of birds,ὀ. οἰωνοῖο A.R.3.939
: also in pl.,κατ' ὀμφὰς τὰς Ἀπόλλωνος S.OC102
; κατ' ὀμφὴν σήν on hearing thy message, ib.550, cf. 1351.2 sweet, tuneful voice, Pi.Fr.152 ; ὀμφαὶ μελέων ib.75.19 ;ἁδεῖαι . . ὀμφαί Id.N.10.34
, cf. S.Ichn.321 (lyr.).3 generally, a voice, sound,ἰΰζειν ὀμφάν A.Supp.808
(lyr.) ;μύθων αὐδαθέντων ὀ. E.Med.175
(lyr.).II ὀμφά· ὀσμή ([dialect] Lacon.), Hsch., dub. cj. in Lyr.Adesp.63 ; cf.εὔομφος 1
, ποτόμφει.III ὄμφαι, αἱ, name of the best kind of nard,τὰς ὄμφας ὀνομαζομένας βαρβάρῳ γλώττῃ κτλ. Gal.14.74
. (In sense 1 cogn. with Engl. song : in sense 11 with ONorse anga 'give out a sweet scent', angi 'scent', ang 'pleasant sensation'.)
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