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|Definition=ύος, ἡ, acc. [[ὀφρῦν]], in late Poets [[ὀφρύα]], ''AP''12.186 (Strat.), Opp.''C.''4.405, Q.S.4.361: acc. pl. [[ὀφρύας]] (in the fourth foot) Od.9.389; but [[ὀφρῦς]] (before caesura) Il.16.740, and so in Att. (v. infr.). [ῡ in nom. and acc., which are accented <b class="b3">ὀφρῦς, -ῦν</b> by Hdn.Gr.2.937: the accentuation [[ὀφρύς]], [[ὀφρύν]] may be admitted in late writers: compds. have ῠ<b class="b3">, εὔοφρυς, λεύκοφρυς</b>, etc.] (Cf. Skt.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bhrūs]], gen. [[bhruvas]], Slav. [[brǔvǐ]], OE. [[brú]] 'brow'.):—[[brow]], [[eyebrow]], τὸν.. ὑπ' ὀφρύος οὖτα Il.14.493; <b class="b3">ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά</b>, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''671b32, cf. ''Pr.''878b28: elsewhere in plural, ὑπ' ὀφρύσι δάκρυα λεῖβον Il.13.88, al.; ὑπ' ὀ. πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν Hes. ''Th.''827, etc.: freq. of signs, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">ἐπένευσε ὀφρύσι</b>, [[nodded assent]], Il.1.528, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ δ' ἄρ' ἐπ' ὀ. νεῦσε</b> [[nodded]] to him to do a thing, Od.16.164; <b class="b3">ἀνὰ δ' ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ</b> [[made a sign]] not to do, 9.468; ὀφρύσι νευστάζων 12.194: in various phrases expressing emotions, <b class="b3">τὰς ὀ. ἀνασπᾶν</b>, in token of grief, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακώς, ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1069; ἀνασπάσας τις τὰς ὀφρῦς οἴμοι λαλεῖ Men.556.3; of pride (cf. [[ὀφρυόομαι]]), D.19.314; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς αἴροντες Men.39; ὀφρῦν ἐπαίρειν E.''Fr.''1040, cf. Amphis 13; τὰς ὀ. ἔχειν ἐπάνω τῆς κορυφῆς Alex.16.6; ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς κροτάφους ὑπεραίρειν Luc.''Am.''54; ὀφρῦς ἔχειν Ar.''Ra.''925; ὀφρῦν ἐφέλκεσθαι ''AP''7.440.6 (Leon., interpol.?); [[ἐρύσσαι]] ib.5.215 (Agath.); ἀνελκταῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός Cratin.355: contrariwise, <b class="b3">τὰς ὀφρῦς συνάγειν</b> knit [[the brows]], [[frown]], Ar.''Nu.''582, ''Pl.''756, etc.; τὰς ὀ. συνέλκειν Antiph.307; συσπᾶν Luc.''Vit.Auct.''7; κατεσπακώς Alciphr.3.3: on the other hand, <b class="b3">καταβαλεῖν, λῦσαι, μεθεῖναι τὰς ὀ.</b> or <b class="b3">τὴν ὀ.</b>, let down or unknit [[the brow]], become calm or cheerful again, E.''Cyc.''167, ''Hipp.''290, ''IA''648; ὀ. μὴ καθειμένη Zeno Stoic.1.58; σχάζεσθαι τὰς ὀ. Pl.Com.32; καθέσθαι Plu. 2.1062f: the brow was also the seat of smiles and joy, ἀγανᾷ χλοαρὸν γελάσσαις ὀφρύϊ Pi.''P.''9.38, cf. ''h.Cer.''358; or gravity, στυγνὸν ὀφρύων νέφος E.''Hipp.''[172]; ὁρᾶτε ὡς σπουδαῖαι μὲν αὐτοῦ αἱ ὀφρύες X.''Smp.''8.3; on their physiognomical character, v. Arist.''HA''491b14, ''Phgn.'' 812b26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ὀφρῦς]] alone, [[scorn]], [[pride]], AP7.409 (Antip.), 9.43 (Parmen.), 10.122 (Lucill.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> from like ness 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.; ἐπ' 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.<br><span class="bld">III</span> a plant, Plin.''HN''26.164.