ὄψ
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Ὦτα. Ἀπολλόδωρος μὲν, ἀπὸ τοῦ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄσσαν· οἱ δὲ, δι’ ὧν ὠθεῖται ἡ φωνή· οἱ δὲ, κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ π εἰς τ. ὠπά τινα ὄντα, παρὰ τὸ ὀπὰς ἔχειν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄπα, ὅ ἐστι φωνήν. Ἡρακλείδης
Translation (En)
Ōta "ears": Apollodorus says it comes from the fact that they receive the voice (ossan). Others, that they are that through which the voice is pushed (ōtheitai). Others, by change of /p/ into /t/, that they are a kind of *ōpa, from the fact they have holes (opas). Or from the fact that they receive the opa, that is, the voice. Heraclides
Parallels
Meletius, De natura hominis, p. 74 (λέγεται δὲ ὦτα παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄπα, τουτέστι τὴν φωνήν); Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 47 (Πόθεν ὦτα; παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄπα, τουτέστι τὴν φωνήν); Etym. Gudianum, omega, p. 583 (Ὦτα, παρὰ τὸ ὠθούμενον καὶ εἱλικτὸν εἰσέρχεσθαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸ πνεῦμα, ἤτοι ἄνεμον, καὶ πάντα ἦχον. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄσσαν· οἱ δὲ δι’ ὧν ὠθεῖται ἡ φωνὴ, οἱ δὲ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ π εἰς τ, ὤπα τινα ὄντα, παρὰ τὸ ὀπὰς ἔχειν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄπα, ὅ ἐστι τὴν φωνήν· οὕτως Ἡρακλείδης); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 825 ( Ὦτα: Ἀπολλόδωρος μὲν, ἀπὸ τοῦ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄσσαν· οἱ δὲ, δι’ ὧν ὠθεῖται ἡ φωνή. Οἱ δὲ φασὶ, κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ π εἰς τ, ὄπα τινὰ ὄντα, παρὰ τὸ ὀπὰς ἔχειν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄπα, ὅ ἐστι τὴν φωνήν. Οὕτως Ἡρακλείδης); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omega, p. 1897 (Ὦτα. τὰ ὦτα. Ἀπολλόδωρος παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὴν ὄσσαν. οἱ δὲ, δι’ ὧν ὠθεῖται ἡ φωνή. οἱ δὲ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ π εἰς τ, ὦπα τινὰ ὄντα, παρὰ τὸ ὀπὰς τινὰ ἔχειν)
Comment
Derivational etymology, which is semantically identical with the one assumed by Apollodorus (see οὖς / ὄσσα), but with a different etymon meaning "voice". The etymon is ὄψ, and from the accusative ὄπα is drawn a form ὤπα, which by a formal change of /p/ into /t/ is turned into the form of the lemma in the accusative plural. The etymology starts from an inflected form of the etymon (the accusative singular) in order to obtain an inflected form of the lemma (the accusative plural). It would be impossible to operate with the two nominative singular forms, οὖς and ὄψ