- ὄπις
- ὄπις, -ιν, -ιδα, -ιGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `revenge, punishment, retribution of the gods' (Hom., Hes.), `help, assistance from the gods' (Pi. P. 8, 71); 2. `awe, obedience, worry' (Hdt., Pi., Mosch.).Derivatives: ὀπίζομαι, also with ἐπι-, (Il.), Lac. epigramm ὀπίδδομαι, late aor. ὠπίσατο (Q. S.) `to entertain awe, to dread, to shy', posthom. `to worry about'; adj. ὀπιδνός `awesome' (A. R. 2, 292), rather verbal than nominal, cf. Chantraine Form. 193 a. 195. PN Δηϊ-οπίτης, Όπίτης m. (Λ 420 u. 301), cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 128 n. 2 with wrong conclusions on the stemformation.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [775] *h₃ekʷ- `see'Etymology: The hardly to be rejected connection with ὀπ- in ὄψομαι etc. (s. ὄπωπα) implies an oldest meaning `sight, look glance' ('harming glance'? Porzig Satzinhalte 352), from where partly `animadversio, punishment', partly `consideration, respect, recerence'. Details in Kaufmann - Bühler Herm. 84, 285f. The meaning-development of the noun was partly influenced by ὀπίζομαι. -- Cf. ἐνιπή w. lit.; older lit. (with wrong etymology) in Bq.Page in Frisk: 2,403
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