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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

  • μετὰ δὲ Ἀμμωνίουσ διὰ τῆσ ὀφρύησ τῆσ ψάμμου δι’ ἀλλέων δέκα ἡμερέων ὁδοῦ κολωνόσ τε ἁλόσ ἐστι ὅμοιοσ τῷ Ἀμμωνίῳ καὶ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἄνθρωποι περὶ αὐτὸν οἰκέουσι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 182 1:1)
  • ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆσ ὀφρύησ τὸ πρὸσ νότου καὶ ἐσ μεσόγαιαν τῆσ Λιβύησ ἔρημοσ καὶ ἄνυδροσ καὶ ἄθηροσ καὶ ἄνομβροσ καὶ ἄξυλοσ ἐστὶ ἡ χώρη, καὶ ἰκμάδοσ ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδέν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 185 3:2)

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

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