A). egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] Hdt. 2.68 ; ᾠὰ χήνεια Eriph. 7 ; of all birds, Arist. HA 559a15 ; but mostly of hens' eggs, Ar. Lys. 856 , Fr. 185 , etc.; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, Arist. HA 559a18 ; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, Hp. Mul. 2.171 , Ath. 9.376d ; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 53 ; ἑφθά, ὠμά, Thphr. Vert. 2 ; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν Nicom.Com. 3 ; καταπίνειν Antiph. 140.5 ; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν Anaxil. 18.4 (anap.); ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opp. ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, Arist. GA 730a6 , 20 ; also ᾠὰ πλήρη Id. Mete. 359a14 ; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opp. ἀτελές, Id. GA 718b23 , 24 ; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, Arar. 6 , Arist. HA 560a6 ; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump, Hdt. 2.73 ; ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν Orph. Fr. 54 , al., cf. Epimenid. 5 : metaph., ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονεν he has become bald as an egg, AP 11.398 (Nicias).

2). of the eggs or spawn of fish, Hdt. 2.93 ; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι Arist. HA 567b22 , cf. 525a7 ; of serpents, ib. 558a26 ; of tortoises, ib. 558a4 .

3). of plants, seed, Id. GA 731a6 ; cf. ᾠοτοκέω 2 .

4). cupping-glass, τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντακαὶ σύστομα Hero Spir. 1 Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, Dinon 14 . The word has the foll. forms: Att. ᾠόν (- &), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν IG 11(2).224 A 11 , 12 (Delos, iii B. C.), Papyri ( ὠιὰ χήνεα PCair.Zen. 130.26 (iii B. C.)), and later Mss.; Aeol. ὤιον, gen. ὠίω (’ & &’), Sapph. 56 , 112 ; ὤεον lbyc. 16 , Semon. 11 , Call. Epigr. 6.10 , Nic. Th. 192 , Arat. 956 ; ὤβεον is Argive acc. to Hsch. (i.e. ὤvεον); ᾠόν oxyt. acc. to Theognost. Can. 130 ; ὤεον proparox., ib. 121 . The form ὠόν, which Lat. ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts ( LXX De. 22.6 , Ev.Luc. 11.12 , etc.) and is due to loss of the ι in ii B. C.; cogn. with Lat. ovum, OHGei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic ai<*>i<*>a-), whence Engl. egg.