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.

ὁρ́α κατ’ ὄρφνην μὴ φύλαξιν ἐντύχῃσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode5)
‐ κλῶπεσ οἵτινεσ κατ’ ὄρφνην τόνδε κινοῦσι στρατόν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, lyric7)
ἐγὼ δέ ‐ λείπει γάρ με τοῖσδ’ ἐν δώμασιν τροφὸν τέκνων οἰκουρόν, ἡνίκα χθονὸσ μέλαιναν ὄρφνην εἰσέβαινε, παῖσ ἐμόσ ‐ σὺν μητρί, τέκνα μὴ θάνωσ’ Ἡρακλέουσ, βωμὸν καθίζω τόνδε σωτῆροσ Διόσ, ὃν καλλινίκου δορὸσ ἄγαλμ’ ἱδρύσατο Μινύασ κρατήσασ οὑμὸσ εὐγενὴσ τόκοσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:5)
σιγὴ δὲ μελαινομένην ἔχεν ὄρφνην. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 13:15)
δείματι γὰρ μούνην πρωτόζυγα Κύπριν ἀν’ ὄρφνην φεύγουσαν, ξυνὸν παρθενικαῖσι φόβον, φρουροδόμοι νηλεῖσ κύνεσ ἔκτανον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2452)

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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