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ὀφρυόεις

ophruoeis

on the brow

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὀφρῠό-εις · ophryo-eis — LSJ

on the brow, edge of a steep rock, beetling

on the brow or edge of a steep rock, beetling, Ἴλιος Il. 22.411; of the Acrocorinthus, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.92.βʹ; μέτωπον Nonn. D. 15.106; cf. ὀφρυάω.

2 majestic, solemn

metaph., majestic, solemn, ὀφρυόεσσα ἀοιδή, of Aeschylus’ poetry, AP 7.39 (Antip. Thess.).

In the wild

ὀφρυόεντα · ophryoenta Herodotus, Histories 5.92B.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5975)
ὀφρυόεσσα · ophryoessa Iliad 22.411

Where it came from

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