ὦ1
ὦ and
ὤ, an exclamation, expressing surprise, joy, or pain,
II). with voc., a mode of address, whether at the beginning of a sentence or in a parenthesis,
ὦ Ἀχιλεῦ Il. 1.74 , etc., esp. in dialogue and Oratt.,
ἐβουλόμην, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν δύναμιν κτλ. Antipho.
5.1 ; in invocations of the gods,
ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί A. Th. 69 , etc.; with imper.,
ὦ χαῖρε Id. Ag. 22 ,
S. Aj. 91 ;
ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ὕπεικε ib.
371 , cf.
D. 21.98 : sts. following the Verb,
E. Tr. 335 (lyr.); in different number from the voc.,
προσέλθετ’, ὦ παῖ, πατρί S. OC 1104 , cf.
1112 , Sch.
Ar. Pl. 66 .
3). with both together,
φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε Il. 4.189 ;
ὦ τλάμων πάτερ S. Aj. 641 (lyr.,
τλᾶμον codd. rec., edd.).
4). with the latter of two nouns,
Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε Id. Ph. 794 .—In the first sense usu. written
ὤ, in the second
ὦ :
[τὸ ὢ] ἡνίκα θαυμαστικὸν λαμβάνεται βαρύνεται, καὶ χωρεῐ εἰς ἐπιρρηματικὴν σύνταξιν, οἷον ὢ Ἡρακλῆς EM 79.13 :
Thom.Mag. p.408R. prescribes
ὢ with the gen., but
ὦ with the voc., e.g.
ὦ Ἡράκλεις, where the whole expression, and not merely the
ὤ (
ὦ,) expresses surprise (but
A.D. Adv. 127.24 seems to imply
ὦ in both senses);
ὤ as an exclam. is found in forms like
ὤ μοι, ὤ μοι ἐγώ, ὢ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν D. l. c.: but
ὦ πόποι δυσὶ τόνοις χρῆται Hdn.Gr.
1.503 , so that
ὢ πόποι is improbable, cf.
Theognost. Can. 158 (as emended by Lehrs
Aristarch. 3p.119 );
ᾤμοι and
ὤμοι are both recognized by
EM 822.33 , cf.
Lex.Mess. p.413 ;
ωιμ’ Sapph. Supp. 23.4 ; in
E., when it stands in the middle of a sentence, it shd. be written
ὤ, Hipp. 362 , al.: sts. doubled,
ὢ ὢ κακά A. Ag. 1214 ;
ἰὼ ὢ ὤ S. OC 224 ( v.l.
ὣ ὣ ὣ ); written
ὼ ώ in Pap. of
S. Ichn. 61 ; tripled,
ὢ ὢ ὤ A. Pers. 985 (lyr., prob.). To those who (like
D.T. 640.11 , cf. Sch. D.T.
p.257H. ) took
ὦ for the voc. of the Art.
ὁ,
A.D. Synt. 45.22 -
53 replies at length.
ShortDef
O! oh!
Debugging
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ω1
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-116018
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὦ</span> and <span class="orth greek">ὤ</span>, an exclamation, expressing surprise, joy, or pain, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">O! oh!</span> with nom., <span class="quote greek">ὢ τάλας ἐγώ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:981" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:981/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 981 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὢ ἔβενος, ὢ χρυσός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:123" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.123/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.123 </a> : also c. gen., <span class="quote greek">ὢ τῆς ἀναισχυντίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pisc.</span> 5 </a> ; with interrog., <span class="quote greek">ὤ, τί λέγεις;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:309d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:309d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 309d </a> ; in the middle of a sentence, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:362/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 362 </a> (lyr.), al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> with voc., a mode of address, whether at the beginning of a sentence or in a parenthesis, <span class="quote greek">ὦ Ἀχιλεῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.74 </a> , etc., esp. in dialogue and Oratt., <span class="foreign greek">ἐβουλόμην, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν δύναμιν κτλ.</span> Antipho.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.1/canonical-url/"> 5.1 </a>; in invocations of the gods, <span class="quote greek">ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 69 </a> , etc.; with imper., <span class="quote greek">ὦ χαῖρε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 22 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 91 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ὕπεικε</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:371" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:371/canonical-url/"> 371 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.98 </a>: sts. following the Verb, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:335" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:335/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 335 </a> (lyr.); in different number from the voc., <span class="quote greek">προσέλθετ’, ὦ παῖ, πατρί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1104 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1112/canonical-url/"> 1112 </a>, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 66 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> with nom. instead of voc., <span class="foreign greek">ὦ δῐος αἰθήρ, ὦ φίλος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 88 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:545" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:545/canonical-url/"> 545 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὦ γενναῖος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:227c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:227c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 227c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὦ οὗτος Αἴας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 89 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὦ οὗτος οὗτος Οἰδίπους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1627" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1627/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1627 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">οὗτος, ὦ σέ τοι</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">καλῶ</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:274" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:274/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 274 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> with both together, <span class="quote greek">φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.189/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.189 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὦ τλάμων πάτερ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:641" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:641/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 641 </a> (lyr., <span class="foreign greek">τλᾶμον</span> codd. rec., edd.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> with the latter of two nouns, <span class="quote greek">Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:794" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:794/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 794 </a> .—In the first sense usu. written <span class="foreign greek">ὤ,</span> in the second <span class="foreign greek">ὦ</span> : <span class="quote greek">[τὸ ὢ] ἡνίκα θαυμαστικὸν λαμβάνεται βαρύνεται, καὶ χωρεῐ εἰς ἐπιρρηματικὴν σύνταξιν, οἷον ὢ Ἡρακλῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:79:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:79.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 79.13 </a> : <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg9023.tlg001:p.408R" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg9023.tlg001:p.408R/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thom.Mag.</span> p.408R. </a> prescribes <span class="foreign greek">ὢ</span> with the gen., but <span class="foreign greek">ὦ</span> with the voc., e.g. <span class="foreign greek">ὦ Ἡράκλεις,</span> where the whole expression, and not merely the <span class="foreign greek">ὤ </span>(<span class="etym greek">ὦ,</span>) expresses surprise (but <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:127:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg002:127.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Adv.</span> 127.24 </a> seems to imply <span class="foreign greek">ὦ</span> in both senses); <span class="foreign greek">ὤ</span> as an exclam. is found in forms like <span class="ref greek">ὤ μοι, ὤ μοι ἐγώ, ὢ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> </span> l. c.: but <span class="foreign greek">ὦ πόποι δυσὶ τόνοις χρῆται</span> Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg001.perseus-grc1:503" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg001.perseus-grc1:503/canonical-url/"> 1.503 </a>, so that <span class="foreign greek">ὢ πόποι</span> is improbable, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theognost.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Can.</span> 158 </span> (as emended by Lehrs <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aristarch.</span> 3p.119 </span>); <span class="foreign greek">ᾤμοι</span> and <span class="foreign greek">ὤμοι</span> are both recognized by <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:822:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:822.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 822.33 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lex.Mess.</span> p.413 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ωιμ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:23:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:23.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 23.4 </a> ; in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span></span>, when it stands in the middle of a sentence, it shd. be written <span class="foreign greek">ὤ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:362/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 362 </a>, al.: sts. doubled, <span class="quote greek">ὢ ὢ κακά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1214 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἰὼ ὢ ὤ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:224" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:224/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 224 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">ὣ ὣ ὣ</span> ); written <span class="foreign greek">ὼ ώ</span> in Pap. of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ichn.</span> 61 </span>; tripled, <span class="quote greek">ὢ ὢ ὤ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:985" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:985/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 985 </a> (lyr., prob.). To those who (like <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:640:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:640.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 640.11 </a>, cf. Sch. D.T.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:p.257H" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:p.257H/canonical-url/"> p.257H. </a>) took <span class="foreign greek">ὦ</span> for the voc. of the Art. <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:45:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:45.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 45.22 </a>-<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:53/canonical-url/"> 53 </a> replies at length.</div> </div><br><br>'}