Ὀρφεύς
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
-έως, ὁ, Dor. Ὄρφης Ibyc.10A, Ὀρφήν Hdn.Gr.1.14:—Orpheus, Pi.P.4.177, Pl.R.364e, etc.:—Adj. Ὀρφεῖος, Ὀρφεῖα, Ὀρφεῖον = Orphic, Orphical, E.Alc. 969(lyr.), Pl.Lg.829e; or Ὀρφικός, Ὀρφική, Ὀρφικόν, Hdt.2.81; ἐν τοῖς Ὀρφικοῖς ἔπεσι καλουμένοις λόγος = the theory in the so-called poems of Orpheus Arist.de An.410b28.
French (Bailly abrégé)
έως (ὁ) :
Orphée, chantre célèbre de Thrace.
Étymologie: DELG pê de ὀρφανός, ou nom myth. préhellénique.
English (Slater)
Ὀρφεύς, son of Oiagros, singer and Argonaut. ἐξ Ἀπόλλωνος δὲ φορμιγκτὰς ἀοιδᾶν πατὴρ ἔμολεν, εὐαίνητος Ὀρφεύς (P. 4.177) υἱὸν Οἰάγρου δὲ Ὀρφέα χρυσάορα Θρ. 3. 12.
Greek Monotonic
Ὀρφεύς: -έως, ὁ, ο Ορφέας, ξακουστός βάρδος από τη Θράκη, σε Πίνδ. κ.λπ.· επίθ. Ὄρφειος, -α, -ον, αυτός που ανήκει στον Ορφέα, Ορφικός, σε Ευρ.· ομοίως, Ὀρφικός, -ή, -όν, σε Ηρόδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ὀρφεύς: έως, эп. ῆος ὁ Орфей (сын музы Каллиопы от фракийского царя Эагра или от Аполлона, муж Эвридики, миф. певец и автор мистических гимнов, погибший от рук вакханок) Pind., Plat. etc.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: son of Oiagros.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Prob. Pre-Greek. (Wrong Perpillou, Subst. en -εύς 12.)
Middle Liddell
Ὀρφεύς, έως, ὁ,
Orpheus, a famous Thracian bard, Pind., etc.:—adj. Ὄρφειος, η, ον of Orpheus, Orphic, Eur.; so, Ὀρφικός, ή, όν, Hdt.
