ἀνοπαῖα

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δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies

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Full diacritics: ἀνοπαῖα Medium diacritics: ἀνοπαῖα Low diacritics: ανοπαία Capitals: ΑΝΟΠΑΙΑ
Transliteration A: anopaîa Transliteration B: anopaia Transliteration C: anopaia Beta Code: a)nopai=a

English (LSJ)

only in Od.1.320 ὄρνις δ' ὣς ἀνοπαῖα διέπτατο, where it is variously written and explained:    1 acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.133, it is an Adv. (compd. of ἀνά, Οπτομαι), she flew away unseen, unnoticed; or, acc. to Eust., = ἄνω, ἀνωφερές, up into the air, cf. καρπαλίμως ἀνόπαιον Emp.51, and Ἀνόπαια, the name of the pass above Thermopylae (Hdt.7.216).    2 acc. to Aristarch., ἀνόπαια or πανόπαια, a kind of eagle, cf. Hebr. ᾰνᾱπηᾱ 'heron'.    3 acc. to Gramm. in An.Ox.1.83, ἀν' ὀπαῖα ( ἀνὰ ὀπήν) up by the hoie in the roof, up the smoke-vent.