ὄφις
Third declension Noun; Masculine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὄφις
ὄφεως
Structure:
ὀφι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: The first syll. is sometimes made long, when it was pronounced (and perh. ought to be written)
o)/pfis, v.
o)xe/w.
Sense
- a serpent, snake
- serpentine bracelet
- a type of creeping plant
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ποιοῦνται δὲ ξυρραπτοὶ ἐκ ῥακῶν βεβαμμένων, τάσ τε κεφαλὰσ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τᾶν ἔστε ἐπὶ τὰσ οὐρὰσ εἰκασμένοι ὄφεσιν, ὡσ φοβερώτατα οἱο͂́ν τε εἰκασθῆναι. (Arrian, chapter 35 5:2)
- ὅθεν Ἐρεχθείδαισ ἐκεῖ νόμοσ τισ ἔστιν ὄφεσιν ἐν χρυσηλάτοισ τρέφειν τέκνα. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:5)
- κεκρασπέδωται δ’ ὄφεσιν αἰγίδοσ τρόπον. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 5:35)
- "μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Μακέται αἱ καλούμεναι Μιμαλλόνεσ καὶ Βασσάραι καὶ Λυδαί, κατακεχυμέναι τὰσ τρίχασ καὶ ἐστεφανωμέναι τινὲσ μὲν ὄφεσιν, αἱ δὲ μίλακι καὶ ἀμπέλῳ καὶ κισσῷ κατεῖχον δὲ ταῖσ χερσὶν αἱ μὲν ἐγχειρίδια, αἱ δὲ ὄφεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:121)
- καθαρεύειν γὰρ ἅπαντασ τοὺσ περὶ τὴν τῶν θεῶν θεραπείαν ὄντασ, ὁμοίωσ ἐξυρημένουσ καὶ τὰσ στολὰσ τὰσ αὐτὰσ ἔχοντασ καὶ τὸν τοῦ σκήπτρου τύπον ἀροτροειδῆ καθεστῶτα, ὃν ἔχοντασ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ χρῆσθαι πίλοισ μακροῖσ ἐπὶ τοῦ πέρατοσ ὀμφαλὸν ἔχουσι καὶ περιεσπειραμένοισ ὄφεσιν, οὓσ καλοῦσιν ἀσπίδασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 3 6:2)
Synonyms
-
a serpent
-
serpentine bracelet
-
a type of creeping plant
