w ΩΩ, ὦ, τό, twenty-fourth and last letter of the Ionic alphabet, ἀπὸ ἄλφα ἕως .ω.Gloss.iii 283(ix A. D.); thence used as a symbol of the end, the last,ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (not τὸ ὦ μέγα) Apoc.1.8, al. as a numeral ώ = 800, but ωνυμ = 800,000. The epichoric Att. and other alphabets of the Inscrr. had used o in differently to represent the sounds of the later ο and ω: Ω is a differentiated form of ο, and, though usu. = ω, was used in the Ionic islands of Paros, Thasos, and Siphnos with the value ο, while O or O represented the sound ω. The name of the letter was τὸ ὦ (perispom. acc. to Hellad. ap. Phot.p.530B.), cf. Achae.33.3, Pl.Phdr.244d, Cra.420b, Tht.203c: after the loss of the distinction betw. long and short vowels, ο and ω had the same pronunciation; they begin to be confused in Papyri of iii B. C. (οἰκωνόμουPRev.Laws50.22(iii B. C.)), but the name ω μέγα appears first in later Greek, Theognost.Can.13; κατὰ σχῆμα διπλοῦ ω¯ ἤτοι μεγάλουEust.869.26; οἱ δὲ περὶ Ἀρίσταρχον αὐτὸ τὸ ποτήριον ω¯ μέγα εἶναί φασιν, ὁποῖν ἴσως τὸ κατὰ δύο ῡ ἐσχηματισμένονId.869.29; ἐν τῷ ω¯ μεγάλῳ under omega (in a lexicon), Id.1828.49: διὰ τοῠ ω¯ μεγάλουHdn.Epim.208.
w ὦὦ and ὤ, an exclamation, expressing surprise, joy, or pain, O! oh! with nom., ὢ τάλας ἐγώS.Aj.981, etc.; ὢ ἔβενος, ὢ χρυσόςTheoc.15.123: also c. gen., ὢ τῆς ἀναισχυντίαςLuc.Pisc.5; with interrog., ὤ, τί λέγεις;Pl.Prt.309d; in the middle of a sentence, E.Hipp.362 (lyr.), al. with voc., a mode of address, whether at the beginning of a sentence or in a parenthesis, ὦ ἈχιλεῦIl.1.74, etc., esp. in dialogue and Oratt., ἐβουλόμην, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν δύναμιν κτλ. Antipho.5.1; in invocations of the gods, ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοίA.Th.69, etc.; with imper., ὦ χαῖρεId.Ag.22, S.Aj.91; ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ὕπεικε ib.371, cf. D.21.98: sts. following the Verb, E.Tr.335 (lyr.); in different number from the voc., προσέλθετ᾽, ὦ παῖ, πατρίS.OC1104, cf. 1112, Sch.Ar.Pl.66. with nom. instead of voc., ὦ δῐος αἰθήρ, ὦ φίλος,A.Pr.88, 545; ὦ γενναῖοςPl.Phdr.227c; ὦ οὗτος ΑἴαςS.Aj.89; ὦ οὗτος οὗτος ΟἰδίπουςId.OC1627; also οὗτος, ὦ σέ τοι (sc. καλῶ) Ar.Av.274. with both together, φίλος ὦ ΜενέλαεIl.4.189; ὦ τλάμων πάτερS.Aj.641 (lyr., τλᾶμον codd. rec., edd.). with the latter of two nouns, Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ ΜενέλαεId.Ph.794.—In the first sense usu. written ὤ, in the second ὦ: [τὸ ὢ] ἡνίκα θαυμαστικὸν λαμβάνεται βαρύνεται, καὶ χωρεῐ εἰς ἐπιρρηματικὴν σύνταξιν, οἷον ὢ ἩρακλῆςEM79.13: Thom.Mag.p.408R. prescribes ὢ with the gen., but ὦ with the voc., e.g. ὦ Ἡράκλεις, where the whole expression, and not merely the ὤ (ὦ,) expresses surprise (but A.D.Adv.127.24 seems to imply ὦ in both senses); ὤ as an exclam. is found in forms likeὤ μοι, ὤ μοι ἐγώ, ὢ πρὸς τῶν θεῶνD. l. c.: but ὦ πόποι δυσὶ τόνοις χρῆται Hdn.Gr.1.503, so that ὢ πόποι is improbable, cf. Theognost.Can.158 (as emended by Lehrs Aristarch.3p.119); ᾤμοι and ὤμοι are both recognized by EM822.33, cf. Lex.Mess.p.413; ωιμ᾽Sapph.Supp.23.4; in E., when it stands in the middle of a sentence, it shd. be written ὤ,Hipp.362, al.: sts. doubled, ὢ ὢ κακάA.Ag.1214; ἰὼ ὢ ὤS.OC224 (v.l.ὣ ὣ ὣ); written ὼ ώ in Pap. of S.Ichn.61; tripled, ὢ ὢ ὤA.Pers.985 (lyr., prob.). To those who (like D.T.640.11, cf. Sch. D.T.p.257H.) took ὦ for the voc. of the Art. ὁ, A.D.Synt.45.22-53 replies at length.
w ὥὥ, Dor. for ὡς,A.D.Pron.48.27, Synt.156.22, al. Dor. for ὅθεν,Leg.Gort.10.36, SIG47.21 (Locris, v B. C.), Theoc.3.11, al.; ὧ τοὶ λίθοι . . (from which the stones . . ) shd. be read in IG4.823.66, cf. 33 (Troezen, iv B. C.): formed like Dor.ϝοίκω=οἴκοθεν.
w ὧὧ, Dor. for ὧδε,hither,φέρ᾽ ὧ τὰν σκύλακαSophr. in Stud.Ital.10.123.
wa ᾤαᾤα (A), ἡ, =μηλωτή, sheepskin,Hermipp.57 (anap.), cf. Poll.10.181, Hsch.; στέγασμα, εἴ τι βόλεστε, ἀποπέμψαι ἢ ὤας ἢ διφθέρας ὡς εὐτελεστάτας καὶ μὴ σισυρωτάςSIG1259 (Athens, iv B. C.). garment of this material, a sort of drawers or apron, used by bathers, περιζωσάμενος ᾤαν λουτρίδα, κατάδεσμον ἥβηςTheopomp.Com.37; ᾤαν λούμενος (Bentl. for λουμένῳ) προζώννυταιPherecr.62; worn at certain sacred rites, Hermipp.53 (anap.). =ὄα (B).1, border or fringe of a garment,=τὸ κράσπεδον τοῦ ἱματίου, Ar. ap. Lex.Mess.p.411 (σὺν τῷ ῑ, but Phot. and Eust. cite (Fr.228) the same play for ὀαὶ τῶν ἱματίων); τὴν ᾤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματοςLXXPs.132(133).2, cf. Gal.18(1).776, dub. cj. in Aen.Tact.31.23 (bis); ᾤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τοῦ περιστομίου, ἔργον ὑφάντου, ἵνα μὴ ῥαγῇLXXEx.28.28, cf. 36.31; Eust. speaks of the χρυσῆ ᾤα of Odysseus, 1828.53. generally, edge,ἐς τὰν ἄνω ὠίαν τᾶς πέτραςGDI5075.59 (Crete); ἡ ὤα τοῦ ἄντρου τῆς μεγάλης πέτρας ἦν τὸ μεσαίτατονLongus1.4; τὰν βωίαν (i. e. ϝωίαν) ὈρυκόππανGDI5024A24 (Crete); στεφάνυσι [δέ] ἑκατ᾽ ὤιαν ἐκόσμιονsummit, dub. in Corinn.Supp.1.26.—Gramm. vary in spelling, ὄαPoll.7.62, Hdn.Gr.2.271; ὄα and ᾤαHsch.; ᾦαTheognost.Can.106; ὦαEust. (v. supr.), quoting Ael.Dion.Fr.266 (whose lexicon gave both ὄα and ᾦα) and an anonymous lexicon which gave ὀαὶ ἱματίων (ὀξυτόνως καὶ συνεσταλμένως, = Ar.Fr.228): SIG1259 (v. supr.) is by a half-educated writer: Eust. considers ᾤα to be contr. from οἰέη or ὀΐα,877.53, 1828.51.
wariwn ὨρίωνὨρίων, ωνος, ὁ, Orion,Od.5.121, 11.310, 572, Telesarch. ap. S.E.M.1.262, Str.9.2.12, etc. the constellation named after him, Il.18.486,488, 22.29, Od.5.274, Hes.Op.598, 609, Arist.Mete.361b23, Pr.941b24. a fabulous Indian bird, Str.15.1.69, Ael.NA17.22, Nonn.D.26.202. [ῑ in Hom.; ῐAtt., E.Ion1153, Cyc.213, v. Choerob.in Theod.1.272 H.: we also find Ὠᾰρίων in Corinn.2, Supp.2.77, Call.Dian.265, and in Pi.N.2.12 (v.l.ὀαρίωνα); Adj.Ὠαριώνειος, α, ον, φύσιςId.I.4(3).49(67); the Homeric Ὠρῑων arose by contraction of Ὠα- and metrical lengthening of ι.]
was ὠαςὠας, τό, Dor. for οὖας, οὖς,ear,Sophr. in Stud.Ital.10.123, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.921; ὤατα and ὤασιν are cited by Hsch. hence seems to be formed the fut.ὠᾰτωθήσω, =ἀκούσομαι, Id., Phot.; ὠατοθησῶSuid.; Dor. word, acc. to Phot. and Suid.