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: Mat_26:51; Mar_14:47 (R G (cf. ὠτάριον)); Luk_22:51; Joh_18:10 (R G L (cf. ὠτάριον)), 26. (The Sept. for ΰΙζΖο, Deu_15:17; 1Sa_9:15; 1Sa_20:2; 1Sa_20:13; 2Sa_22:45; Isa_50:4; Amo_3:12.)

ὠτίον ōtion 3x in NT simply equi valent to οὖς , an ear, Mat_26:51 ; Luk_22:51 ; Joh_18:26 ὠτάριον ōtarion 2x an ear, Mr. 14:47; Joh_18:10

*† ὠτάριον , -ου , τό , = ὠτίον ( q.v. ), the ear: Mar_14:47 , Joh_18:10 .† † ὠτίον , -ου , τό , dimin. of οὖς , [in LXX for H241 ;] an ear: Mat_26:51 , Luk_22:51 , Joh_18:26 .†

ὠτάριον / ὠτίον [page 704] ὠτάριον ὠτάριον , which in the NT ( Mar_14:47 , Joh_18:10 ) is used of an ear, is found in the papyri = handle, e.g. BGU III. 781 i.15 (i/A.D.) σὺν ποδίοις καὶ ὠταρίοις η̄ , ib. ii. 1 ὠτάρια ἔχοντα σατύρια , et saepius. ὠτίον For this dimin. of οὖς , an ear ( Mat_26:51 , al. ), reference may be made to the new Saying of Jesus, P Oxy I. 1 20 ff . Which restored by White Sayings p. xviii., runs λέγει Ἰησοῦς· ἀκούεις εἰς τὸ ἓν ὠτίον σου , τὸ δὲ ἕτερον συνέκλεισας . For other exx. of ὠτίον cf. P Oxy I. 108 .17 (meat bill of a cook A.D. 183 or 215) ὠτίον ᾱ , ἄκρον ᾱ , νεφρία β̄ , 1 ear, 1 trotter, 2 kidneys, P LeidW vi. 36 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 101) ἐὰν ἐπίπῃς ( l. ἐπείπῃς ) ἐπὶ παντὸς πετινοῦ ( l. πετεινοῦ ) εἰς τὸ ὠτίον , τελευτήσει , and Preisigke 6003 .10 (A.D. 316) τοῦ ] ἀριστεροῦ ὠτί [ου . Like ὠτάριον , ὠτίον is used = handle, as in BGU III. 781 i. 3 al. (i/A.D.), and P Oxy XIV. 1658 .13 (iv/A.D.) ὠτίον χαλκίου , a handle of a kettle (Edd.).

ὠτίον ὠτίον, ου, τό, [Etym: Dim. of οὖς, but often = οὖς, Anth. , NTest. ]

ὠτίον, -ου, τό, dimin. of οὖς, [in LXX for אֹזֶן ;] an ear: Mat.26:51, Luk.22:51, Jhn.18:26.† (AS)