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ὀλοφώϊος

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Sophocles, Antigone, 781
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Full diacritics: ὀλοφώϊος Medium diacritics: ὀλοφώϊος Low diacritics: ολοφώϊος Capitals: ΟΛΟΦΩΪΟΣ
Transliteration A: olophṓïos Transliteration B: olophōios Transliteration C: olofoios Beta Code: o)lofw/i+os

English (LSJ)

ον, Ep. Adj.

   A destructive, deadly, Hom. only in Od. and in neut. pl., ὀ. δήνεα pernicious arts or plots, 10.289 ; ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς versed in pernicious arts, 4.460, 17.248 ; πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο γέροντος ib.410 ; in later Ep., λύκων ὀ. ἔρνος Theoc.25.185 ; ὀ. ἰός Nic. Th.327. (The notion of destruction, necessary in Theoc. and Nic. ll. cc., and assumed by Hsch., is perh. not certain in Hom., where . may mean simply deceptive, tricky : perh. akin to ἐλεφαίρομαι.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 328] (ὄλλυμι, schwerlich mit φώς, menschenverderbend, zusammengesetzt, wie es die Alten erkl.), verderblich, Verderben und Tod bringend; ὀλοφώϊα δήνεα Κίρκης, Od. 10, 289, wie ohne den Zusatz, πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο γέροντος, 4, 410, die verderblichen Künste und Ränke; ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς, vom Proteus, 4, 460, sich auf verderbliche Dinge verstehend, wie 17, 248; einzeln bei sp. D., wie Nic. Ther. 2; λύκων ὀλοφώϊον ἔρνος Theocr. 25, 185.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
funeste, malfaisant.
Étymologie: ὀλοός, φώς.