χαροπός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, also ός, όν Arat.1152, epith. of dub. sense, perh.

   A fierce, λέοντες Od.11.611, h.Merc.569, IG42(1).131.12 (Epid.); λέων Hes.Th.321; κύνες h.Merc.194; κύνα, of Hecuba, Lyr.Adesp. 101; θῆρες S.Ph.1146 (lyr.); χαροποῖσι πιθήκοις (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for λέουσι, in an oracle alluding to the Spartans) Ar.Pax1065 (hex.); of serpents, AP10.22 (Bianor); grim, Ἄρης IG9(1).868.1 (Corc., vii/vi B. C., nisi leg. Χάροπος, gen. of Χάροψ) ; γένεια, of bears, Nonn.D.5.363; κεραῖαι, of a bull, ib.40.52; γενειάδες, of dogs, ib.307. Adv. -πῶς Sch.Opp.C.3.510.    2 of eyes, flashing, bright, βλέποντος χαροποῖς τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν κόρυν οἷον οἱ λέοντες ἐν ἀναβολῇ τοῦ ὁρμῆσαι Philostr.Her.12a.1; τὸ χ. αὐτοῦ καὶ γοργόν Id.Im.1.23; χ. βλέμματος ἀστεροπαί AP5.152 (Asclep.), cf. 155 (Mel.); ὄμματά μοι γλαυκᾶς χαροπώτερα πολλὸν Ἀθάνας Theoc.20.25; ὄμμα χ., typical of a brave man, Arist.Phgn.807b1; of persons, flashing-eyed, φοβερὰ καὶ χαροπὴ καὶ δεινῶς ἀνδρική (sc. ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ) Luc.DDeor.19.1: neut. as Adv., χαροπὸν βλέπειν Philostr.Im.1.28; χαροπὸν στράπτουσιν ὀπωπαί (of the hare) Opp.C.3.510 (regul. Adv. -πῶς Sch. ad loc.).    b glassy, glazed, dull, of the eyes of winedrinkers, Al.Ge.49.12 (χαροποιοὶ . . ὑπὲρ οἶνον, v.l. ἀπὸ οἴνου, LXX l.c., s. v.l.), Sm.Pr.23.29 (πελιοὶ LXX l.c.).    3 of one of the chief eye-colours in men and animals, perh. bluish-grey, distd. fr. μέλας, γλαυκός, and αἰγωπός, Arist.HA492a3, GA779b14; τὰ χ. ἢ μέλανα ὄμματα Luc.DMort.1.3; of persons, bluish-grey-eyed PPetr.1p.54, al. (iii B. C.), Theoc.12.35, cf. Philostr.Im.2.5, al.; of horses, Opp.C.1.310, 4.113; of dogs, X.Cyn.3.3, Arr.Cyn.5.1 (prob.), Gp.19.2.1; of rams, ib.18.1.3; of παρδάλεις, Eust. 1703.29; opp. μελανόφθαλμος, S.E.M.7.198; persons with this eyecolour are φθινώδεες acc. to Hp.Epid.3.14 (where Gal.17(1).726 thinks Hp. ought to have mentioned a different colour, γλαυκός). Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, μελαίνεσθαι (of the eyes) Hld.2.35.    4 of the sea, bluish-grey, grey, χαροποῖο θαλάσσης Orph.Fr.245.21, cf. A.272, [S.] Fr.1126.3, AP12.53 (Mel.), 9.36 (Secund.), Anacreont. 53.30, Nonn.D.4.187, al.; of the dawn, χ. ἠώς A.R.1.1280; of the moon, Arat.1152, Q.S.10.337; πρὸς ἕω λαμβάνει [ἡ σελήνη] χρόαν κυανοειδῆ καὶ χαροπήν Plu.2.934d; of certain stars, χ. καὶ ἀναλδέες εἱλίσσονται Arat.394, cf. 594.    5 metaph., grey, ὑπὸ σὸν (sc. τῆς Νεμέσεως) τροχὸν ἄστατον ἀστιβῆ χαροπὰ μερόπων στρέφεται Τύχα Mesom.Nem.8.