ὄψ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs. Related to ἔπος (épos) and εἰπεῖν (eipeîn). Cognates include Latin vōx, Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c), and Tocharian A wak.

Noun

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension

  1. (poetic) voice
  2. (poetic) word
Usage notes

Only used in oblique cases.

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὄψ; τῆς ὀπός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὄψ
hē óps		 τὼ ὄπε
tṑ ópe		 αἱ ὄπες
hai ópes
Genitive τῆς ὀπός
tês opós		 τοῖν ὀποῖν
toîn opoîn		 τῶν ὀπῶν
tôn opôn
Dative τῇ ὀπῐ́
têi opí		 τοῖν ὀποῖν
toîn opoîn		 ταῖς ὀψῐ́ / ὀψῐ́ν
taîs opsí(n)
Accusative τὴν ὄπᾰ
tḕn ópa		 τὼ ὄπε
tṑ ópe		 τᾱ̀ς ὄπᾰς
tā̀s ópas
Vocative ὄψ
óps		 ὄπε
ópe		 ὄπες
ópes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
References

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *óps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs. See also ὤψ (ṓps).

Noun

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension

(rare)
  1. eye, face
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὄψ; τῆς ὀπός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὄψ
hē óps		 τὼ ὄπε
tṑ ópe		 αἱ ὄπες
hai ópes
Genitive τῆς ὀπός
tês opós		 τοῖν ὀποῖν
toîn opoîn		 τῶν ὀπῶν
tôn opôn
Dative τῇ ὀπῐ́
têi opí		 τοῖν ὀποῖν
toîn opoîn		 ταῖς ὀψῐ́ / ὀψῐ́ν
taîs opsí(n)
Accusative τὴν ὄπᾰ
tḕn ópa		 τὼ ὄπε
tṑ ópe		 τᾱ̀ς ὄπᾰς
tā̀s ópas
Vocative ὄψ
óps		 ὄπε
ópe		 ὄπες
ópes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms

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