A.= μηλωτή, sheepskin, Hermipp.57 (anap.), cf. Poll.10.181, Hsch.; “στέγασμα, εἴ τι βόλεστε, ἀποπέμψαι ἢ ὤας ἢ διφθέρας ὡς εὐτελεστάτας καὶ μὴ σισυρωτάς” SIG1259 (Athens, iv B. C.).
2. garment of this material, a sort of drawers or apron, used by bathers, “περιζωσάμενος ᾤαν λουτρίδα, κατάδεσμον ἥβης” Theopomp.Com.37; ᾤαν λούμενος (Bentl. for λουμένῳ）“ προζώννυται” Pherecr.62; worn at certain sacred rites, Hermipp.53 (anap.).
II. = ὄα (B).1, border or fringe of a garment, = τὸ κράσπεδον τοῦ ἱματίου, Ar. ap. Lex.Mess. p.411 (σὺν τῷ ι_, but Phot. and Eust. cite (Fr.228) the same play for ὀαὶ τῶν ἱματίων）“; τὴν ᾤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματος” LXXPs.132(133).2, cf. Gal.18(1).776, dub. cj. in Aen.Tact.31.23 (bis); “ᾤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τοῦ περιστομίου, ἔργον ὑφάντου, ἵνα μὴ ῥαγῇ” LXXEx.28.28, cf. 36.31; Eust. speaks of the χρυσῆ ᾤα of Odysseus, 1828.53.
2. generally, edge, “ἐς τὰν ἄνω ὠίαν τᾶς πέτρας” GDI5075.59 (Crete); “ἡ ὤα τοῦ ἄντρου τῆς μεγάλης πέτρας ἦν τὸ μεσαίτατον” Longus 1.4; τὰν βωίαν (i. e. ϝωίαν）“ Ὀρυκόππαν” GDI5024A24 (Crete); στεφάνυσι [δέ] ἑκατ᾽ ὤιαν ἐκόσμιον summit, dub. in Corinn.Supp.1.26.—Gramm. vary in spelling, “ὄα” Poll.7.62, Hdn.Gr.2.271; ὄα and “ᾤα” Hsch.; “ᾦα” Theognost.Can.106; “ὦα” Eust. (v. supr.), quoting Ael.Dion.Fr.266 (whose lexicon gave both ὄα and ᾦα) and an anonymous lexicon which gave ὀαὶ ἱματίων （ὀξυτόνως καὶ συνεσταλμένως, = Ar.Fr.228): SIG1259 (v. supr.) is by a half-educated writer: Eust. considers ᾤα to be contr. from οἰέη or ὀΐα, 877.53, 1828.51.
