Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“οὔασι” Il.12.442 (“ὠσίν” Od.12.200): Hellenistic nom. sg. 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 Dor. 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 ὀ̂ς 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).)