The corpus record

γλαυκῶπις

glaukopis

[adj

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
Theogony 6 · 8.71/10k
Odyssey 57 · 6.56/10k
Iliad 36 · 3.23/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k

What it meant

1. γλαυκῶπις · glaukōpis — Beekes

γλαυκῶπις [adj.] ‘with the bright eyes of an owl (II.), epithet of Athena. On the mg. Potscher Phil. 141/1 (1997): 3-20 (not to γλαυκός “blue’). *ETYM The owl was associated with Athena. Its eyes are remarkable for their ‘éclat nocturne’. Cf. βοῶπις epithet of Hera. See » γλαῦξ. yAavvoc [m.] a kind of chiton (Poll. 7, 48). «Ὁ *ETYM Unknown. — [Beekes, s.v. γλαυκῶπις, p. 322]

2. γλαυκ-ῶπις · glauk-ōpis — LSJ

with gleaming eyes

with gleaming eyes, Il. 1.206, al., cf. IG 1(2).418, Sch. Ven.ad 5.458, Hsch.

= γλαυκός, of the olive, Euph. 150; of the moon, Emp. 42.3, E. Fr. 1009.

In the wild

γλαυκῶπις · glaukōpis Shield of Heracles 325–326
γλαυκῶπις · glaukōpis Shield of Heracles 343
γλαυκῶπις · glaukōpis Shield of Heracles 455–456
γλαυκῶπις · glaukōpis Shield of Heracles 470–471
γλαυκῶπις · glaukōpis Theogony 573
γλαυκώπιδος · glaukōpidos Theogony 586–587

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γλαυκῶπις (scan p. 322; entry #1444).

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