I. of the gods,
1. in bad sense, as always in Hom., ὄπις θεῶν the vengeance or visitation of the gods for transgressing divine laws, “θεῶν ὄπιν οὐκ ἀλέγοντες” Il.16.388, Hes.Op.251 ; “οὐδ᾽ ὄπιδα τρομέουσι θεῶν” Od.20.215 ; “οὐδὲ θεῶν ὄπιν αἰδέσατ᾽ οὐδὲ τράπεζαν” 21.28 ; “θ. ὄπιν εἰδότες” Hes.Op.187 ; ὄπιν ἀθανάτων πεφυλαγμένος εἶναι ib.706, cf. Theoc.25.4: also without θεῶν, divine vengeance, “οὐκ ὄπιδα φρονέοντες ἐνὶ φρεσέν” Od.14.82 ; τοῖς ὄπιδος . . δέος ἐν φρεσὶ πίπτει ib.88 ; of the avenging goddesses, “κακὴν ὄπιν ἀποδοῦναι” Hes.Th.222.
II. of men,
1. the awful regard which men pay to the gods, religious awe, veneration, obedience, οὔτε δαιμόνων οὔτε θεῶν ὄπιν ἔχοντας paying no regard to . . (cf. ὀπίζομαι), Hdt.9.76, cf. 8.143 ; so also ὄπι (v.l. ὄπιν) δίκαιον ξένων strict in his reverence towards strangers, i. e. in the duties of hospitality (al. ξένον), Pi.O.2.6 ; αἰδεσθεὶς ὄπιδα . . πολιοῖο γενείου maintaining due reverence for the hoary beard, Mosch. 4.117.
2. pious care or zeal, Pi.I.5(4).58. (Hence ὀπίζομαι, ὀπιδνός.）
