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

  • ὁ τραγικὸν φώνημα καὶ ὀφρυόεσσαν ἀοιδὴν πυργώσασ στιβαρῇ πρῶτοσ ἐν εὐεπίῃ, Αἰσχύλοσ Εὐφορίωνοσ, Ἐλευσινίησ ἑκὰσ αἰήσ κεῖται, κυδαίνων σήματι Τρινακρίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 391)

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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