Hellas Alive Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ὄρφνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρφνη

Structure: ὀρφν (Stem) + η (Ending)

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.

αἵ μοι συμβαίνουσ’ ἆται, σύγγονον ἁμὸν κατακλαιομένα ζωᾶσ, οἱάν <οἱάν> ἰδόμαν ὄψιν ὀνείρων νυκτόσ, τᾶσ ἐξῆλθ’ ὄρφνα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, anapests 1:2)
ὦ νυκτὸσ κελαινοφαὴσ ὄρφνα, τίνα μοι δύστανον ὄνειρον πέμπεισ ἐξ ἀφανοῦσ, Αἴδα πρόμολον, ψυχὰν ἄψυχον ἔχοντα, μελαίνασ Νυκτὸσ παῖδα, φρικώδη δεινὰν ὄψιν, μελανονεκυείμονα, φόνια φόνια δερκόμενον, μεγάλουσ ὄνυχασ ἔχοντα. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, lyric4)
ἐγγὺσ ἐλθὼν πολιᾶσ ἁλὸσ οἰο͂σ ἐν ὄρφνᾳ ἄπυεν βαρύκτυπον Εὐτρίαιναν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 19:1)
κυαναιγὶσ ἐν ὄρφνᾳ κνώσσοντί οἱ παρθένοσ τόσα εἰπεῖν ἔδοξεν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 20:1)

darkness of night
- νύξ (night)
- οἰνώψ (dark)
- ψέφος (darkness)
- δῶμα (the nether world)
- ζόφος (the gloom of the world below, nether darkness, gloom)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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