- ὀπτασία
- ὀπτασία, ας, ἡ (ὀπτάζομαι; pass. ‘to be seen’; Anth. Pal. 6, 210, 6; LXX, Just.; Hesychius; Leontius 8 p. 16, 12=vision, phantom [s. also the word-list on p. 182a])① an event of a transcendent character that impresses itself vividly on the mind, a vision, celestial sight, of that which a deity permits a human being to see, either of the deity personally or of someth. else usu. hidden fr. mortals (Theod. Da 9:23; 10:1, 7f; Psellus p. 132, 19 of a transcendent phenomenon) ὀπτασίαι (w. ἀποκαλύψεις) κυρίου visions of the Lord 2 Cor 12:1 (ELombard, Les extases et les souffrances de l’apôtre Paul. Essai d’une interprétation de II Cor 12:1–10: RTP 36, 1903, 450–500). οὐράνιος ὀπ. Ac 26:19. ὀπτασίαν ὁρᾶν see a vision (Pel.-Leg. 18, 17) Lk 1:22. W. gen. of what is seen: ὀπ. ἀγγέλων ὁρᾶν see a vision of angels 24:23 (ViZach 2 [p. 97, 4 Sch.]). ἡ φανερωθεῖσα ὀπ. the vision that appeared MPol 12:3. διὰ τὴν ὀπ. τὴν γενομένην Παύλῳ AcPl Ha 3,15.② state of being that is experienced by one who has a vision, trance ἐν ὀπτασίᾳ in a trance MPol 5:2.—DELG s.v. ὄπωπα. TW.
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