The corpus record

ὄρφν-ῐνος

orphninos

brownish grey

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Where it lives

Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ὄρφν-ῐνος · orphn-inos — LSJ

brownish grey

= ὀρφνός, ὄ. χρῶμα a brownish grey colour, being mixed of black, red, and white (but with most black), Pl. Ti. 68c, cf. Duris 31 J. ; put by X. between πορφύρεος and φοινίκινος, Cyr. 8.3.3:—the form ὄρφνιος occurs in Arist. Col. 792a27, 794b5, Plu. Vind. 2.565c, but is prob. corrupt.

In the wild

ὄρφνινον · orphninon Plato, Timaeus 68 (DIORISIS sentence 641)
ὀρφνίνων · orphninōn Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4310)

Where it came from

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