1. ὀροφή · orophē — Chantraine
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ὀροφή
orophe
φος, voir ἐρέφω
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What it meant
2. ὀροφή · orophē — Frisk
3. ὀροφή · orophē — LSJ
roof of a house, or ceiling of a room, Od. 22.298, IG 1(2).373.246, Hdt. 2.148, Pherecr. 121, Ar. Nu. 173, etc.: pleon., καταστέγασμα τῆς ὀ. Hdt. 2.155 ; διελεῖν τὴν ὀ. take off the tiling, Th. 4.48 ; cf. κέραμος II.2: pl., woodwork of the roof, Thphr. HP 5.3.7.
top of a beehive, Arist. HA 624a6.
Syrian name of a plant, = κροκοδιλιάς, Aët. 11.2.
In the wild
- ὀροφῆς · orophēs Aristophanes, Clouds 171 (DIORISIS sentence 141)
- ὀροφὴν · orophēn Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 887)
- ὀροφὴ · orophē Herodotus, Histories 2.148.7 (DIORISIS sentence 2630)
- ὀροφῆς · orophēs Herodotus, Histories 2.155.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2683)
- ὀροφάς · orophas Herodotus, Histories 5.101.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6062)
- ὀροφῆς · orophēs Odyssey 22.298
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀροφή (scan p. 1161; entry #4662).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀροφή (scan pp. 843-844; entry #6051).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀροφή (scan pp. 1398-1399; entry #4344).
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