οὖς

οὖς (nom. sg. freq. in IGIl(2).161 B126, al. (Delos, iii B. C.), v. sub fin.), τό, gen. ὠτός, dat. ὠτί: pl. nom. ὦτα, gen. ὤτων, dat. ὠσί (ὤτοις condemned by Phryn.186):—Hom. has only acc. sg. and dat. pl. (v. infr.); the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in Simon.37.14), gen. οὔατος, pl. nom. and acc. οὔατα (also in Epich.21, Hp.Cord.8,al., SIG1025.62 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.)), dat.

A

οὔασι Il.12.442

(

ὠσίν Od.12.200

): Hellenistic nom. sg. [full] ὦς PPetr.3p.33 (iii B. C.), PGrenf.1.12.29, 2.15 ii I (ii B. C.), IG7.3498.19 (Oropus, ii B. C.), Roussel Cultes Egyptiens 217 (Delos, ii B. C.), PStrassb.87.14 (ii B. C.): also [dialect] Dor. [full] ὦς Theoc.11.32; pl.ὤϝαθ' cj. for ὦτά θ' in Alcm.41:—ear,

Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει Il.11.109

; [

κηρὸν] ἐπ' ὠσὶν ἄλειψ' Od.

l.c.; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ' οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! Il.18.272;

αἲ γὰρ ἀπ' οὔατος εἴη 22.454

;

ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει 10.535

; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, Hdt.4.129, cf. S.El.27, etc.;

ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ . . οἰκέει ὁ θυμός Hdt.7.39

, cf.1.8; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, A.Pers.605;

φθόγγος βάλλει δι' ὤτων S.Ant.1188

, cf. A.Ch.56 (lyr.);

δι' ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα S.El. 1437

(lyr.); ὀξὺν δι' ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας ib.737, cf. OT1387;

δι' ὤτων ἦν λόγος E.Med.1139

, cf. Rh.294, 566; so

ἁμῖν τοῦτο δι' ὠτὸς ἔγεντο Theoc.14.27

;

λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει S.Aj.149

(anap.);

εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ . . ηὔδα λόγους E.Andr.1091

, cf. Hipp.932;

προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς Pl.Euthd. 275e

; ἐπ' (ἐς cj. Dawes)

οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν Call.Ap.105

; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, Pl.Cra.396d, etc.; so

ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα Id.Smp.216a

;

παραβάλλειν Id.R.531a

, cf. Call.Fr. anon.375;

τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο Ar.Eq.1347

;

ὦτα χορηγεῖν Plu.2.232f

; ἀποκλείειν τὰ ὦτα ib.143f; οἱ ὦτα ἔχοντες those who have ears to hear, ib. 1113c: metaph., of spies in Persia, X.Cyr.8.2.10sq., Luc.Ind.23, cf. Arist.Pol.1287b30;

τὸ τῶν λεγομένων ὤτων καὶ προσαγωγέων γένος Plu.2.522f

; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), Pl.R.613c: prov., v. λύκος; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς, of a boxer, Theoc.22.45 (cf. ὠτοκάταξις) ; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, Aeschin. Socr.54 D.

II from resemblance to an ear,

1 handle, esp. of pitchers, cups, etc.,

οὔατα δ' αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ' ἔσαν Il.11.633

, cf. 18.378, Bion ap. Plu.2.536a, IG11(2).161 B126 (Delos, iii B. C.), Hero Spir.2.23, Dsc.5.87; [

ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον Alex.270.3

.

2 in Archit., = παρωτίς 4, IG12.372.201, cf. 319.6.

3 οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of shell-fish, Antig.Car. ap. Ath.3.88a; οὖς θαλάττιον, = ἀγρία λεπάς, Arist.HA529b16.

4 τὰ ὦτα (

οὔατα Hp.

) τῆς καρδίας the auricles of the heart, Hp.Cord.8, Gal.UP6.15, cf. 2.615K.

5 name of part of a bandage, Heraclas ap. Orib.48.15 tit. [Written ὀ̄ς in IG12. Il.cc.] (Cogn. with Lat. auris, Lith. ausìs, OE. éar, etc.; details obscure; nom. sg. οὖς perh. from Ο (ϝ) ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)