ὀλοφώϊος
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
ον, Ep. Adj.
A destructive, deadly, Hom. only in Od. and in neut. pl., ὀ. δήνεα pernicious arts or plots, 10.289 ; ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς versed in pernicious arts, 4.460, 17.248 ; πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο γέροντος ib.410 ; in later Ep., λύκων ὀ. ἔρνος Theoc.25.185 ; ὀ. ἰός Nic. Th.327. (The notion of destruction, necessary in Theoc. and Nic. ll. cc., and assumed by Hsch., is perh. not certain in Hom., where ὀ. may mean simply deceptive, tricky : perh. akin to ἐλεφαίρομαι.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 328] (ὄλλυμι, schwerlich mit φώς, menschenverderbend, zusammengesetzt, wie es die Alten erkl.), verderblich, Verderben und Tod bringend; ὀλοφώϊα δήνεα Κίρκης, Od. 10, 289, wie ohne den Zusatz, πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο γέροντος, 4, 410, die verderblichen Künste und Ränke; ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς, vom Proteus, 4, 460, sich auf verderbliche Dinge verstehend, wie 17, 248; einzeln bei sp. D., wie Nic. Ther. 2; λύκων ὀλοφώϊον ἔρνος Theocr. 25, 185.
