τριόφθαλμος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ον,
A three-eyed, Orac. ap. Apollod.2.8.3, Plu.2.520c, etc. 2 ὁ τ., name of a precious stone, Plin.HN37.186.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τριόφθαλμος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων τρεῖς ὀφθαλμούς, Χρησμ. παρ’ Ἀπολλοδ. 2. 8, 3, Πλούτ. 2. 520C, κλπ. 2) ὁ τρ., ὄνομα πολυτίμου λίθου, Plin. N. H. 37. 11.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
à trois yeux.
Étymologie: τρεῖς, ὀφθαλμός.
Greek Monolingual
-ον Α
1. αυτός που έχει τρεις οφθαλμούς
2. το αρσ. ως ουσ. ὁ τριόφθαλμος
ονομασία πολύτιμου λίθου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρι- + ὀφθαλμός (πρβλ. πεντ-όφθαλμος)].
