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From Proto-Hellenic *wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“voice”). Related to ἔπος (épos) and εἰπεῖν (eipeîn). Cognates include Latin vōx, Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c), and Tocharian A wak.[1]

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension

  1. (poetic) voice
  2. (poetic) word

Only used in oblique cases.

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄψ 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1138–39

From Proto-Hellenic *ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”). See also ὤψ (ṓps).[1]

ὄψ • (óps) f (genitive ὀπός); third declension (rare)

  2. eye; face
  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄψ 2, ὀπός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1139