A). v. ὄψ B) eye, used by Hom. and Hes. mostly in pl.; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ’ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν .. ἀτρέμας ἐν βλεφάροισι Od. 19.211 : sg., παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὸν ὀ. Hdt. 9.22 : the pl. continued most common, but the dual also occurs, as in Ar. Nu. 362 : pl. is used in many phrases, ἐλθέμεν ἐς ὀφθαλμούς τινος before one's eyes, Il. 24.204 ; οὐδ’ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι ib. 463 ; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, etc., 10.275 , Od. 4.47 , etc.; but ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρᾶν, νοεῖν, to see before one's eyes, 8.459 , Il. 24.312 ; ἔχειν ἐν ὀ. to have before one's eyes, X. An. 4.5.29 ; τὰ ἐν ὀ. what is before one's eyes, Pl. Tht. 174c ; τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὀ. δὴ γελοῖον what was ridiculous to the eye, Id. R. 452d ; ἐπίπροσθε τῶν ὀ. Id. Smp. 213a ; πρὸ τῶν ὀ. προφαίνεσθαι Aeschin. 2.148 ; ἐπ’ ὀφθαλμῶν Luc. Tox. 20 ; γενέσθαι τινὶ ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν to get out of any one's sight, Hdt. 5.106 ; ἐξ ὀ. ἀποπέμψασθαι Id. 1.120 ; ἐξ ὀ. ποιεῖν Alciphr. 3.20 ; κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς λέγειν τινί to tell one to one's face, opp. εἰς οὖς, Ar. Ra. 626 ; τυράννου κατ’ ὀ. κατηγορεῖν to accuse him to his face, X. Hier. 1.14 : sg. in the phrase πρὸς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιχεῖν, μίσγειν, by eye, PHolm. 7.23 , PLeid.X. 62 ; eyes were painted on the bows of vessels, βλοσυροῖς κατὰ πρῷραν ὀφθαλμοῖς οἷον βλέπει Philostr. Im. 1.19 , cf. IG 22.1607.24 , Poll. 1.86 ; whence the joke in Ar. Ach. 97 .

2). στέρησις ὀφθαλμῶν temporary loss of sight, Gal. 17(1).400 .

II). in sg., the eye of a master or ruler, πάντα ἰδὼν Διὸς ὀ. Hes. Op. 267 ; Δίκης ὀ. ὃς τὰ πάνθ’ ὁρᾷ Men. Mon. 179 ; δεσπότου ὀ. X. Oec. 12.20 ; ἀκοίμητος ὀ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3 ; so a king is called ὀ. οἴκων A. Ch. 934 (so ὄμμα Pers. 169 ); and in Persia ὀφθαλμὸς βασιλέως the king's eye was a confidential officer, through whom he beheld his kingdom and subjects, A. Pers. 979 (lyr.), Hdt. 1.114 , Ar. Ach. 92 , X. Cyr. 8.2.10 sq., Arist. Pol. 1287b29 , Ph. 1.642 ; cf. οὖς.

III). the eye of heaven, ἑσπέρας ὀ., νυκτὸς ὀ., of the moon, Pi. O. 3.20 , A. Th. 390 ; also οὐράνιος ὀ., of the sun, Secund. Sent. 5 .

IV). the dearest, best, as the eye is the most precious part of the body, hence of men, ὀ. Σικελίας, στρατιᾶς, Pi. O. 2.10 , 6.16 ; also, light, cheer, comfort, μέγας <γ’> ὀ. οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι S. OT 987 , cf. E. Andr. 406 .

V). eye or bud of a plant or tree, Alcm. 43 , Ion Eleg. 1.6 , Hp. Nat.Puer. 26 , X. Oec. 19.10 , Thphr. HP 1.8.5 , etc.

VI). a surgical bandage covering one or both eyes, Hp. Off. 7 , Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.29 , 30 .

VII). Archit., in dual, the disks forming the centres of the volutes of an Ionic capital, IG 12.374.291 .