ὄμμα ὄμμα, ατος, τό, Root found in ὦμμαι, perf. pass. of ὁράω the eye, Hom., etc.; κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας Il.; ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν ὁρᾶν τινα, Lat. rectis oculis aspicere, to look straight, Soph., etc.; οὐκ οἶδʼ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτʼ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face, Soph.; so, ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι Soph.; λαμπρὸς ὥσπερ ὄμματι to judge by his eyes or expression, Soph.; ἐς ὄμμα τινὸς ἐλθεῖν to come within sight of him, Eur.;— κατʼ ὄμματα before oneʼs eyes, Soph.; ἐλθεῖν κατʼ ὄμμα face to face, Eur.; but κατʼ ὄμμα, also, in point of eye-sight, Soph.:— ὡς ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων to judge by the eye, Lat. ex obtutu, Soph.;— ἐν ὄμμασι, Lat. in oculis, before oneʼs eyes, Aesch., Thuc.; —ἐξ ὀμμάτων out of sight, Eur. that which one sees, a sight, vision, Soph. the eye of heaven, i. e. the sun, Soph., Eur.; but, ὄμμα νυκτός periphr. for νύξ (v. infr. V), Aesch., Eur. generally, light, that which brings light, ὄμμα δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν Aesch.; ὄμμα φήμης the light of glad tidings, Soph.:—hence, anything dear or precious, Aesch. periphr. of the person, ὄμμα πελείας for πελεία, Soph.; ὄμμα νύμφας for νύμφα, Soph.; ξύναιμον ὄμμα for ξυναίμων, Soph.; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄμμα Κηφισοῦ for ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ, Eur.