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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
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 descriptive etymology. The ears have openings that allow the sound to penetrate. It requires two formal changes, from /ŏ/ to /ō/ (since the lemma is given under the form of the accusative plural), and from /p/ to /t/. The former change, from /ŏ/ to /ō/, probably implies that the etymology was designed at a time when the phonological opposition between long and short vowel was lost