ὄμμα
Alt. ὄμμα, ατος, τό,
Etym. Root found in ὦμμαι, perf. pass. of ὁράω
I. "the eye", Hom., etc.; κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας Il.; ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα, Lat. rectis oculis aspicere, to look "straight", Soph., etc.; οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face, id=Soph.; so, ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι id=Soph.; λαμπρὸς ὥσπερ ὄμματι to judge "by his eyes or expression", id=Soph.; ἐς ὄμμα τινὸς ἐλθεῖν to come within "sight" of him, Eur.;— κατ᾽ ὄμματα before "one's eyes", Soph.; ἐλθεῖν κατ᾽ ὄμμα face to face, Eur.; but κατ᾽ ὄμμα, also, in point of "eye-sight", Soph.:— ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by "the eye", Lat. ex obtutu, id=Soph.;— ἐν ὄμμασι, Lat. in oculis, before one's "eyes", Aesch., Thuc.; —ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of "sight", Eur.
II. "that which one sees, a sight, vision", Soph.
III. "the eye of heaven", i. e. "the sun", id=Soph., Eur.; but, ὄμμα νυκτός periphr. for νύξ (v. infr. V), Aesch., Eur.
IV. generally, "light, that which brings light", ὄμμα δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν Aesch.; ὄμμα φήμης "the light" of glad tidings, Soph.:—hence, "anything dear or precious", Aesch.
V. periphr. of the person, ὄμμα πελείας for πελεία, Soph.; ὄμμα νύμφας for νύμφα, Soph.; ξύναιμον ὄμμα for ξυναίμων, id=Soph.; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄμμα Κηφισοῦ for ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ, Eur.