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

  • πατὴρ δέ με δείδιε κούρην λοῦμαι δ’ ἀενάοισι δύω ποταμοῖσι θανοῦσα, οὓσ κορυφὴ προϊήσιν ἐπ’ ὀφρυόεντι κολωνῷ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 252)

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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