Dictionary entry

G03799

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ὄψις

Alt. ὄψις, εως,

Etym. from ΟΠ, Root of ὄψομαι

I. "look, appearance, aspect" of a person or thing, Lat. species oris, aspectus, Il., Soph.; εἰκάζεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς φανερᾶς ὄψεως Thuc.:—acc. absol. "in appearance", Pind., attic

2. the countenance, face, Eur., etc.

3. = θέαμα, "a sight", Aesch., Eur., etc.; ἄλλην ὄψιν οἰκοδομημάτων other architectural "sights", Hdt.; τῇ ὄψει "from what they saw", opp. to τῇ γνώμῃ, Thuc.

4. "a vision, apparition", Hdt., Trag.

II. "eyesight, vision", Hom., Hdt., attic: in pl. "the organs of sight, the eyes", Soph., Xen.

2. "view, sight", Lat. conspectus, ἀπικέσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί to come into one's "sight", i. e. "presence", Hdt.; εἰς ὄψιν τινός or τινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν Aesch., Eur.