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Strong's #5621 - ὠτίον
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ὠτίον, τό,
prop. Dim. of οὖς, auricle, Dsc. Eup. 1.63, cf. 62; but usu. = οὖς, AP 11.81 (Lucill.), LXX 1 Kings 9:15, al., Matthew 26:51, Arr. Epict. 1.18.18, PMag.Osl. 1.332.
II metaph., a little handle, προχύτου Hero Spir. 1.9; χωρὶς ὠτίων ποτήριον Theopomp.Com. 31, cf. Aët. 1.138.
2. = ὠτάριον 111, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.130; gloss on τήθη, = λεπὰς ἀγρία, Sch. Nic. Al. 396.
ὠτίον, ὠτίου, τό (diminutive of οὖς, ὠτός, but without the diminutive force; "the speech of common life applied the diminutive form to most of the parts of the body, as τά ῥινια the nose, τό ὀμματιον, στηθιδιον, χελύνιον, σαρκίον the body" Lob. ad Phryn., p. 211f (cf. Winers Grammar, 25 (24))), a later Greek word, the ear: Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47 (R G (cf. ὠτάριον)); Luke 22:51; John 18:10 (R G L (cf. ὠτάριον)), 26. (The Sept. for אֹזֶן, Deuteronomy 15:17; 1 Samuel 9:15; 1 Samuel 20:2, 13; 2 Samuel 22:45; Isaiah 50:4; Amos 3:12.)
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*† ὠτάριον , -ου , τό ,
= ὠτίον (q.v.),
the ear: Mark 14:47, John 18:10.†
† ὠτίον , -ου , τό ,
dimin. of οὖς ,
[in LXX for H241;]
an ear: Matthew 26:51, Luke 22:51, John 18:26.†
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