*ὄψ 1

*ὄψ 1.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `voice, sound, word' (Il.).

Other forms: only in ὄπα, -ός, -ί.

Compounds: On εὑρύοπα, s. v.

Derivatives: On ὄσσα f., s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] *u̯ekʷ- `speak'.

Etymology: Suffixless noun to the athem. verb Skt. vák-ti `he speaks', IE *u̯okʷ-s bzw. *u̯ekʷ-ti; with long vowel Lat. vōx. Besides an s-stem in ἔπος (s.v.). -- Cf. ἐνοπή.

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