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ὀφρύς

ophrus

eyebrow

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὀφρῦς · ophrys — Beekes

ὀφρῦς, -ύος [f.] ‘eyebrow’, mostly plur; metaph. ‘elevated edge, brow of a hill (I1.). «IE *h,b'reuH- ‘eyebrow’> eVAR Details on the inflexion in Schwyzer: 571. *COMP As a second member in obv-ogpuc ‘with meeting eyebrows’ (Arist.). *DER Diminutive ὀφρύ-διον [n.] (H. s.v. ἐπισκύνιον, Theognost.), MoGr. (ὀγφρύδι; ὀφρύη, -a ‘elevation’ (Hdt., Argos) like ἰχθύτ-η, -a, etc; -όεις ‘situated on an edge, terraced’ (X 411), … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀφρῦς, p. 1186]

2. ὀφρῦς · ophrys — Chantraine

ὀφρῦς : f., acc. sg. ὀφρῦν, rarement ὀφρύα, acc. pl. -B6, mais -vac (Od. 9,389), cf. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,571 β. Surtout employé au pl. « sourcils » (Hom., ion.-att., etc.) ; noter que le froncement de sourcil marque une attitude hautaine, cf. Taillardat, Images d'Aristophane $ 326; d'où « crête, levée de terre, falaise, digue ». Composés comiques : ὀφρυανασπασίδης « qui fronce les sourcils» (Epigr. ap. Hegesandr.}, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀφρῦς, p. 859]

3. ὀφρῦς · ophrys — Frisk

ὀφρῦς. Über maked. ἀβροῦτες ausführliche Diskussion bei Kalleris Macedoniens 77 ff. — Für ὀφρῦς aus *or-ppös („Augenbraue‘‘) mit Persson aufs neue Szemerenyi Studia Pagliaro III 233£f. 166 ὀχέω---παραγαύδης — [Frisk, s.v. ὀφρῦς, p. 2291]

4. ὀφρῦς · ophrys — LSJ

brow, eyebrow, nodded assent, nodded, made a sign, the brows, frown, the brow

brow, eyebrow, τὸν . . ὑπʼ ὀφρύος οὖτα Il. 14.493; ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά, Arist. PA 671b32, cf. Pr. 878b28: elsewh. in pl., ὑπʼ ὀφρύσι δάκρυα λεῖβον Il. 13.88, al.; ὑπʼ ὀ. πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν Hes. Th. 827, etc.: freq. of signs, ἐπʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων, i.e. ἐπένευσε ὀφρύσι, nodded assent, Il. 1.528, etc.; ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπʼ ὀ. νεῦσε nodded to him to do a thing, Od. 16.164; ἀνὰ δʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ made a sign not to do, 9.468; ὀφρύσι νευστάζων 12.194: in various phrases expressing emotions, τὰς ὀ. ἀνα

2 scorn, pride

ὀφρῦς alone, scorn, pride, AP 7.409 (Antip.), 9.43 (Parmen.), 10.122 (Lucill.), etc.

II brow of, a hill, crag, embankment, overhanging bank, rim, architrave

from likeness of shape, brow of a hill, crag, Il. 20.151, Pi. O. 13.106; embankment, ὀ. ἀπότομος Plb. 36.8.3; overhanging bank of a river, Id. 2.33.7, etc.; ἐπʼ ὀφρύων ποταμοῦ PAmh. 2.68.9 (i A. D.); of the sea, A.R. 1.178, etc.; of a ditch, Str. 5.3.7 (cf. ὀφρύη); of the rim of joint-cavities, Gal. UP 1.15, al.; of the woodwork enclosing the bore of a torsion-engine, Ph. Bel. 57.7: in Archit., architrave, Procop.Gaz. p.157 B.

III

a plant, Plin. HN 26.164.

In the wild

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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. ὀφρύς (scan pp. 1186-1187; entry #4752).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀφρύς (scan pp. 859-860; entry #6181).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀφρύς (scan pp. 2291-2292; entry #7771).

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