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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

  • ἀνὴρ εὖτ’ ἂν ἐσ τὴν ἱρὴν πόλιν πρῶτον ἀπικνέηται,^ κεφαλὴν μὲν ὅδε καὶ ὀφρύασ ἐξύρατο, μετὰ δὲ ἱρεύσασ ὀί̈ν τὰ μὲν ἄλλα κρεουργέει τε καὶ εὐωχέεται, τὸ δὲ νάκοσ χαμαὶ θέμενοσ ἐπὶ τούτου ἐσ γόνυ ἕζεται, πόδασ δὲ καὶ κεφαλὴν τοῦ κτήνεοσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑωυτοῦ κεφαλὴν ἀναλαμβάνει· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 55:2)
  • οὐκ εἴ τισ συνάγει τὰσ ὀφρύασ, οὐδὲ γελῶσα φαίνεται, ὀφθῆναὶ τ’ ἀνδράσιν ἐκτρέπεται, σωφροσύνησ τρόποσ οὗτοσ ἐχέγγυοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 56 1:3)
  • ἀλλά τι καὶ φρονέοισ στεγανώτερον, ὅσσον ἐρύσσαι ὀφρύασ, ὅσσον ἰδεῖν βλέμματι φειδομένῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2162)
  • ὁ θρασὺσ ὑψαύχην τε, καὶ ὀφρύασ εἰσ ἓν ἀγείρων κεῖται παρθενικῆσ παίγνιον ἀδρανέοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 3001)
  • πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρ’ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύασ εὗσεν ἀυτμὴ γλήνησ καιομένησ, σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 38:11)

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

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