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ὠμός

ὠμός, raw, crude

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ὠμοτέρων feminine genitive plural comparative, masculine genitive plural comparative, neuter genitive plural comparative of ὠμός

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ὠμός, ή, όν: (v. sub fin.):—
  • raw, crude (cf. Arist. Mete. 380b5):
    • I prop. of flesh, raw, uncooked, Il. 22.347, al.; opp. ὀπταλέος, Od. 12.396; ὠμὸν καταφαγεῖν τινα or ὠμοῦ ἐσθίειν τινός to eat one raw, prov. of savage cruelty, X. An. 4.8.14, HG 3.3.6; so ὠμὸν βεβρώθοις Πρίαμον Il. 4.35, cf. Od. 18.87, etc.
      • 2 of eggs, Thphr. Vert. 2; of vegetables, μύκητας ὠμοὺς . . φαγεῖν Antiph. 188; κριθαί Luc. Asin. 17; cf. ὠμήλυσις.
      • 3 of water, crude, opp. ἄπεφθος, Alex. 198; also of milk, Arist. Mete. 380b8.
      • 4 of fruit, uncooked by the sun, unripe, opp. πέπων, Ar. Eq. 260 (troch.), cf. X. Oec. 19.19 (Comp.), Arist. Mete. 380b7.
      • 5 of pitch, opp. ἑφθή, Gp. 6.5.5, cf. Plb. 5.89.6; of pottery, unbaked, χύτραι Dsc. 1.68, Gp. 10.21.1; κέραμος ὠμός Arist. Mete. 380b8, cf. GA 743a9: even of soil which needs to be exposed to the sun, ὡς ἡ ὠμὴ αὐτῆς ὀπτῷτο X. Oec. 16.15.
      • 6 of food, undigested, Anon.Lond. 25.7, al., Plu. Sanit. 2.131c, 133d; of a person, suffering from indigestion, Philostr. Gym. 54; also οὖρα, ὑποχωρήσεις, κατάρροι, Arist. Mete. 380b5.
    • II metaph., savage, fierce, cruel, [δεσπόται] ὠμοί τε δούλοις A. Ag. 1045; ὠ. φρόνημα Id. Th. 536; ὠμῇ ξὺν ὀργῇ Id. Supp. 187; δαίμων S. OT 828; τὰ . . Ἀγαμέμνονος κλύεις ὠμὰ καὶ πάντολμʼ E. IA 913 (troch.); ὠμὸς ἔς τινα Id. Hipp. 1264; and so in Prose, ὠμὸν τὸ βούλευμα . . ἐγνῶσθαι Th. 3.36; οὕτως ὠμὴ <ἡ> στάσις προὐχώρησε ib. 82; θηρευταὶ ὠμοὶ καὶ ἄνομοι Pl. Lg. 823e; ὠμὴ ψυχή ib. 718d; χαλεπὸς καὶ ὠ. X. An. 2.6.12; τὸν οὕτως ὠμόν, τὸν οὕτως ἀγνώμονα D. 21.97; ὠμοὶ χρόνοι hard times, IG 3.1372 (metr.). Adv., ὠμῶς καὶ ἀπαραιτήτως Th. 3.[84], cf. X. Vect. 5.6; ὠ. καὶ σχετλίως ἔχειν Isoc. 19.31; ὠ. καὶ πικρῶς D. 29.2; ὠ. ἀποκτείνειν Lys. 13.63 codd. ὁμοίως Lipsius): Sup., ὠμότατα διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα Isoc. 9.49.
      • 2 harsh, rough, cruel, νόμοι S. Aj. 548; δηλοῖ τὸ γέννημʼ ὠμὸν ἐξ ὠμοῦ πατρός Id. Ant. 471; πῶς ἂν ὠμότερος συκοφάντης γένοιτʼ; a more coarse, more unmitigated sycophant, D. 18.212. Adv. ὠμῶς rudely, coarsely, παρελθεῖν ὠ. καὶ ἀναιδῶς ib. 285.
      • 3 (from Ι.4) ὠμὸν γῆρας an unripe, premature old age, Od. 15.357, Hes. Op. 705 (but ὠμότατον καὶ ἀγριώτατον γῆρας in signf. II.1, Plu. Mar. 2), cf. ὠμογέρων: ὠμὸς τόκος an untimely birth, Philostr. VS 2.1.8. (Cf. Skt. āmás ‘raw, uncooked’.)

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