A.egg, “τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος]” Hdt.2.68; “ᾠὰ χήνεια” Eriph. 7; of all birds, Arist.HA559a15; but mostly of hens' eggs, Ar. Lys.856, Fr.185, etc.; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, Arist.HA559a18; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, Hp.Mul.2.171, Ath.9.376d; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, Hp.Acut.（Sp.）53; ἑφθά, ὠμά, Thphr.Vert. 2; “ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν” Nicom.Com.3; “καταπίνειν” Antiph.140.5; “ᾠὰ κολάπτειν” Anaxil.18.4(anap.); ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opp. ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, Arist.GA730a6,20; also “ᾠὰ πλήρη” Id.Mete.359a14; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opp. ἀτελές, Id.GA718b23,24; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, Arar.6, Arist.HA560a6; “σμύρνης ᾠ.” lump, Hdt.2.73; “ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν” Orph.Fr.54, al., cf. Epimenid.5: metaph., ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονεν he has become bald as an egg, AP11.398 (Nicias).
2. of the eggs or spawn of fish, Hdt.2.93; “τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι” Arist.HA567b22, cf. 525a7; of serpents, ib.558a26; of tortoises, ib.558a4.
4. cupping-glass, “τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντακαὶ σύστομα” Hero Spir.1Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, Dinon 14. The word has the foll. forms: Att. ᾠόν (- ^), confirmed by Inscrr. “ὠιῶν” IG11(2).224 A11,12 (Delos, iii B. C.), Papyri (“ὠιὰ χήνεα” PCair.Zen. 130.26 (iii B. C.)), and later Mss.; Aeol. ὤιον , gen. ὠίω （_ ^ ^_), Sapph.56, 112; ὤεον lbyc.16, Semon.11, Call.Epigr.6.10, Nic.Th.192, Arat.956; ὤβεον is Argive acc. to Hsch. (i.e. ὤϝεον）; ᾠόν oxyt. acc. to Theognost.Can.130; ὤεον proparox., ib.121. The form ὠόν, which Lat. ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts (LXX De.22.6, Ev.Luc.11.12, etc.) and is due to loss of the ι in ii B. C.; cogn. with Lat. ovum, OHGei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic ai<*>i<*>a-), whence Engl. egg.
