A.eye, poet. word, rare in Prose (Th.2.11, Pl.Ti.45c, al., X.Cyr.8.7.26, Mem.1.4.6, al., Thphr.Sens. 50, al., Polystr.Herc.346p.81V., BGU713.9 (i A.D.), IG42(1).121.121 (Epid.)) : Hom. and Hes. only use pl., “κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας” Il.3.217 ; “ὕπνον ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι χεῦε” Od.5.492, etc. : sg. in Pi.N.10.63 and Trag. (v. infr.) :—Phrases : ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα look straight at, S.OT1385 ; “ἀναβλέψαι ὀρθ. ὄμμ.” X.HG7.1.30 ; “ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν” S.OT528 ; also οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face, ib.1371, cf. Aeschin.3.121 ; “ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι” S.Tr.241 ; ποῖον ὄ. πατρὶ δηλώσω ; Id.Aj.462 ; τέοισί με χρὴ ὄμμασι . . φαίνεσθαι; Hdt.1.37 ; λαμπρὸς ὄμματι radiant in look or expression, S.OT81 ; “ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄ. θἀτέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχειν” Id.Tr.272 ; προσέσχον ὄ. turned their eyes on him, E.HF931 ; ἐς σὸν ἐλθεῖν ὄ. come within sight of thee, Id.Heracl. 887 ; κατ᾽ ὄμματα before one's eyes, S.Ant.760 ; κατ᾽ ὄμμα ἐλθεῖν face to face, E.Andr.1064 ; κατ᾽ ὄμμα στῆναι in full sight, openly, ib.1117 ; opp. νύκτωρ, Id.Ba.469 ; κρατιστεύων κατ᾽ ὄμμα in eye-sight, of the Sun, S.Tr.102 (lyr.) (but λαμπρὰ καὶ κατ᾽ ὄμμα καὶ φύσιν is dub. in 379) ; πρευμενοῦς ἀπ᾽ ὄμματος ἰδέσθαι look kindly on, A.Supp.210 ; “πεύθομαι δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων νόστον” Id.Ag.988(lyr.) ; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by the eye, S.OC15, cf. E.Med.216 ; ἐν ὄμμασι before one's eyes, A.Pers.604 ; “ἐν τοῖς ὄ.” Th.2.11 ; “ἐπ᾽ ὀμμάτων” E. Supp.1153 (lyr.) ; so παρ᾽ ὄμμα, εἰ δ᾽ ἦν παρ᾽ ὄμμα θάνατος ib.484 ; ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of sight, Id.IA743 ; “ἄπειμ᾽ ἐξ ὀ.” Phryn.Trag.21 ; πρὸ ὀμμάτων τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖν, Arist.Po.1455a23, Rh.1386a34 ; πρὸ ὀ. θέσις Polystr.l.c.
II. the eye of heaven, i.e. the sun, “ὄ. αἰθέρος” Ar.Nu.285, cf. E.IT194 (anap.) ; but ὄ. νυκτός is a periphrasis for night (v. infr. v), ἕως . . νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο (sc. τὴν μάχην) A.Pers.428 ; ὅταν δὲ νυκτὸς ὄ. λυγαίας μόλῃ the dark night, E.IT110 ; “νυκτὸς ὄ. τῆς μελαμπέπλου” Alex.89 ; cf. “ὀφθαλμός” 111, “βλέφαρον” 11.
III. generally, light : hence, metaph., that which brings light, ὄμμα ξείνοισι a light to strangers, Pi.P.5.56 ; “ὄ. δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν” A.Pers. 169 ; “ἄελπτον ὄμμ᾽ ἐμοὶ φήμης ἀνασχὸν τῆσδε” S.Tr.203.
2. metaph., anything dear or precious, as the apple of an eye, “ὄ. γὰρ πάσης χθονὸς . . ἐξίκοιτ᾽ ἄν” A.Eu.1025.
IV. face or human form, “ὦ δυσθέατον ὄ.” S.Aj.1004 ; “ἐμπαίει τί μοι ψυχῇ ξύνηθες ὄ.” Id.El.903 ; “τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ὄ.” Pl.Phdr.253e : as periphr. of the person, ὄ. πελείας, = πελεία, S.Aj. 140 (anap.) ; ὄ. νύμφας, = νύμφα, Id.Tr.527 (lyr.) ; ξύναιμον ὄ., = ξυναίμων, Id.Aj.977 ; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄ. Κηφισοῦ, = ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ, E.Ion 1261 ; v. supr. 11 and cf. ὄνομα IV.
V. ὄ. τυκτόν eye-hole in a helmet, Nonn.D.22.62.