ὀφρῦς: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[brow]], eyebrow, Lat. [[supercilium]], [[mostly]] in pl., the brows, Hom.; ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε [[Κρονίων]], i. e. ἐπένευσε ὀφρύσι, nodded [[assent]], Il.; ἀνὰ δ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσεν ἑκάστῳ made a [[sign]] not to do, Od.: used in phrases to [[denote]] [[grief]], [[scorn]], [[pride]], τὰς [[ὀφρῦς]] ἀνασπᾶν Ar.; [[ὀφρῦς]] ἐπαίρειν Eur., etc.; τὰς [[ὀφρῦς]] συνάγειν to [[knit]] the brows, [[frown]], Ar.:—on the [[other]] [[hand]], καταβάλλειν, λύειν, μεθιέναι τὰς [[ὀφρῦς]] to let down or unknit the [[brow]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[ὀφρύς]] [[alone]], like Lat. [[supercilium]], [[scorn]], [[pride]], Anth.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[brow]] of a [[hill]], a [[beetling]] [[crag]], Il., etc.