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ὀφρῡ́ς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀφρῡ́ς ὀφρύος

Structure: ὀφρυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. eyebrow
  2. brow of a hill

Declension

Third 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

  • οὐκ ἀληθινὴν οὐδ’ ὠφέλιμον ἀλλ’ οἱο͂ν ἐπιλλώπτουσαν ἐξ ὀφρύοσ καὶ γαργαλίζουσαν ἀτεχνῶσ παρρησίαν προσφέρουσιν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 5 8:1)
  • τοῦ δ’ ἆσσον ἰόντοσ δεξιτερῇ σκαιῆσ ὑπὲρ ὀφρύοσ ἤλασε χειρί, δρύψε δέ οἱ βλέφαρον, γυμνὴ δ’ ὑπελείπετ’ ὀπωπή. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 2:31)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δή μιν ἀμηχανέοντ’ ἐνόησε, μέσσησ ῥινὸσ ὕπερθε κατ’ ὀφρύοσ ἤλασε πυγμῇ, πᾶν δ’ ἀπέσυρε μέτωπον ἐσ ὀστέον. (Theocritus, Idylls, 67)
  • ἐσ βαθὺν ἥλατο Νεῖλον ἀπ’ ὀφρύοσ ὀξὺσ ὁδίτησ, ἡνίκα λαιμάργων εἶδε λύκων ἀγέλην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2521)
  • ὄβριμον ἀκαμάτου στίχον αἴνεσον Ἀντιμάχοιο, ἄξιον ἀρχαίων ὀφρύοσ ἡμιθέων, Πιερίδων χαλκευτὸν ἐπ’ ἄκμοσιν, εἰ τορὸν οὐᾶσ ἔλλαχεσ, εἰ ζαλοῖσ τὰν ἀγέλαστον ὄπα, εἰ τὰν ἄτριπτον καὶ ἀνέμβατον ἀτραπὸν ἄλλοισ μαίεαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4091)

Synonyms

  1. brow of a hill

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