ὄμμα, ὀμματος, τό (from ό᾿πτομαι (see ὁράω), part ᾦμμαι), from Homer down, an eye: plural, Mat_20:34 L T Tr WH; Mar_8:23. (The Sept. for ςΗιΔο, Pro_6:4; Pro_7:2; Pro_10:26.)

ὄμμα omma 2x the eye, Mat_20:34 ; Mar_8:23

ὄμμα , -τος , τό , in cl . chiefly poλt.; [in LXX for H5869 ( Pro_5:1-23 , Wis_2:1-24 , 4Ma_3:1-21 ) * ;] an eye: p1 ., Mat_20:34 Mar_8:23 .†

ὄμμα [page 448] This common poetic word, which in the NT is found only in the plur. ( Mat_20:24 , Mar_8:23 ), may be illustrated from the address in the Serapeum-dream P Par 51 .10 (B.C. 160) (= Selections , p. 19) ὄμμα . . ψυχῆς θάρσ [ει , from the personal descriptions P Leid M i. 6 (ii/B.C.) ( = I. p. 59) ἀσ [θενῶν ] τοῖς ὄμμασι , P Lond 678 .6 (B.C. 99 8) (= III. p. 18) ἀ ]δύνατ [ος ὄμμ ]ασι , BGU III. 713 .9 (A.D. 41 2) ο ]ἰλὴ ( l.οὐλὴ ὑπὸ ὄμμα ἀριστερά ) ( l. ρόν , and from the magic P Lond 121 .325 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 95) ὄμμα φοβερόν . It may also be noted that in an address by the council of Hermopolis to the Imperial Procurator of the time of Gallienus, Eurip. Ion 732 is quoted in the form εἰς ὄμματ᾽ εὔνου ἀνδρὸς ἐμβλέπειν γλυκύ ) (CP Herm I. 125 .7 = Chrest. I. p. 59). The MGr ὄμματι is generally contracted into μάτι , and ματιά μου is used as an endearing term of address light of my eye, my darling, see Thumb Handbook p. 340 and cf. ocelle , Catullus L. 19, ocelle mi , Plaut. Trin. 245 [ii. I. 18].

ὄμμα ὄμμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: 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 οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον how I could have looked him in the face, id=Soph. ; so, ὁρᾶν τινα ἐν ὄμμασι id=Soph. ; λαμπρὸς ὥσπερ ὄμματι to judge "by his eyes or expression", id=Soph. ; ἐς ὄμμα τινὸς ἐλθεῖν to come within "sight" of him, Eur. ;— κατ᾽ ὄμματα before "one's eyes", Soph. ; ἐλθεῖν κατ᾽ ὄμμα face to face, Eur. ; but κατ᾽ ὄμμα, also, in point of "eye-sight", Soph. :— ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων to judge by "the eye", Lat. ex obtutu, id=Soph. ;— ἐν ὄμμασι, Lat. in oculis, before one's "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", id=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, id=Soph. ; ὦ ταυρόμορφον ὄμμα Κηφισοῦ for ὦ ταυρόμορφε Κηφισέ, Eur.

ὄμμα, -τος, τό in cl. chiefly poët.; [in LXX for עַיִן (עַיִן (Pro.5:1-23, Wis.2:1-24, 4Ma.3:1-21)* ;] an eye: p1., Mat.20:34 Mrk.8:23.† (AS)