Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀφρυόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀφρυόεις ὀφρυόεσσα ὀφρυόεν

Structure: ὀφρυοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)fru/s II

Sense

  1. on the brow of a rock, beetling
  2. majestic

Examples

  • ταῦτά νυν εὖ φράζεσθε, Κορίνθιοι, οἳ περὶ καλήν Πειρήνην οἰκεῖτε καὶ ὀφρυόεντα Κόρινθον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 92B 4:4)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. majestic

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

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