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ὀφρύη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀφρύη

Structure: ὀφρυ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for o)fru/s II, Hdt., Eur.

Sense

Declension

First 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.

Examples

  • ἄχρι τίνοσ ταύτην τὴν ὀφρύα τὴν ὑπέροπτον, Μέντορ, τηρήσεισ, μηδὲ τὸ χαῖρε λέγων, ὡσ μέλλων αἰῶνα μένειν νέοσ, ἢ διὰ παντὸσ ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρίχην; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1861)
  • χώραν δ’ ἔσχεν οὐκ εὔγεων σφόδρα, ἀλλὰ σκολιάν τε καὶ τραχεῖαν, ἀφ’ οὗ πάντεσ ὀφρυόεντα Κόρινθον εἰρήκασι καὶ παροιμιάζονται Κόρινθοσ ὀφρυᾷ τε καὶ κοιλαίνεται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 6 36:23)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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