- ἐνῶπα
- ἐνῶπαGrammatical information: adv.Meaning: `in the face, openly; against' m. gen. (Ο 320, Orph. L., Epigr.), univerbation of ἐν ὦπα, cf. ἔναντα and Schwyzer 619.Other forms: only in κατενῶπα (κατ' ἐνῶπα, κατένωπα)Derivatives: ἐνωπα-δίως `from face to face, in the flesh' (ψ 94), -δίς (A. R. 4, 351), -δόν (Q. S. 2, 84) `id.'.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [775] *h₃ekʷ- `eye'Etymology: Through hypostasis arose ἐνώπ-ιος `in the face, visible', mostly. neutr. as adv. and prep. ἐνώπιον (w. gen.) `in the flesh, personally' (hell.), κατενώπιον `id.' (hell.). Neutr. pl. ἐνώπια `front wall, ouside wall, fassade of a house' (Hom.), also in sing. (Delos IIa); `face' (A. Supp. 146 [lyr.]). - An isolated dative is ἐνωπῃ̃ `in the face, openly' (Ε 374), from ἐνωπή `look, face' (only in ἐνωπῆς γλήνεα Nik. Th. 227; simplex ὠπή A. R.), if not reformatiom of ἐνῶπα after the adverbial datives in -ῃ̃ (σπουδῃ̃ etc.; Schwyzer 622), cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 249. - See ὤψ; and cf. πρόσωπον and μέτωπον.Page in Frisk: 1,526-527
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.