ὀπή

ὀπή — opḗ

ὀπή, ὀπῆς, ἡ (perhaps from ὄψ (root ὀπ (see ὁράω); cf. Curtius, § 627)), properly, through which one can see (Pollux (2, 53, p. 179) ὀπή, δἰ ἧς ἐστιν ἰδεῖν, cf. German Luke, Loch (?)), an opening, aperture (used of a window, Son 5:4): of fissures in the earth, Jas 3:11 (Exo 33:22); of caves in rocks or mountains, Heb 11:38 (here R. V. holes); Oba 1:3. (Of various other kinds of holes and openings, in Aristophanes, Aristotle, others.)