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|etymtx=-ύος<br />Grammatical information: f., most plur.<br />Meaning: [[the eyebrows]], metaph. <b class="b2">elevated edge, brow of a hill</b> (Il.; details on the inflection Schwyzer 571 β).<br />Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in <b class="b3">σύν-οφρυς</b> [[with grown together eyebrows]] (Arist.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὀφρύ-διον</b> n. dimin. (H. s. <b class="b3">ἐπισκύνιον</b>, Theognost.), NGr. (<b class="b3">ὀ)φρύδι</b>; <b class="b3">ὀφρύη</b>, <b class="b3">-α</b> [[elevation]] (Hdt., Argos) like <b class="b3">ἰχθύ-η</b>, <b class="b3">-α</b> a.o. (Schwyzer 463); <b class="b3">-όεις</b> <b class="b2">situated on an edge, terraced</b> (Χ 411; Bowra JHSt. 80, 18f.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[protrusive]] (Gal.). Denom. verbs: 1. <b class="b3">ὀφρυ-όομαι</b> [[to be haughty]] (Timo, Luc.) with <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> f. [[elevation]], [[edge]] (Paul. Aeg.), older <b class="b3">συν-οφρυόομαι</b> [[to knit ones brows]] (S., E.); <b class="b3">κατ-</b> ὀφρῦς in <b class="b3">κατωφρυωμένος</b> [[to be provided with brows]] (Philestr. VA, Luc.); 2. <b class="b3">-άζω</b> [[to beckon with the eyebrows]], also as expression of pride (Amips. Com. V--IVa); 3. <b class="b3">-άω</b> [[to be hilly]] (Str.); 4. <b class="b3">ὀφρυγνᾳ̃ ὁμοίως</b> (i.e. = <b class="b3">-άζει</b>). <b class="b3">Βοιωτοί</b> H. (unclear; after <b class="b3">ὀριγνάομαι</b>? doubting Schwyzer 695 n. 2).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [172] cf. 142 <b class="b2">*h₃bhreuH-</b> [[eyebrow]]<br />Etymology: Old name of the eyebrows, except for the <b class="b3">ὀ-</b> identical with Skt. <b class="b2">bhrū́-</b>h, acc. <b class="b2">bhrúv-am</b> f.: IE <b class="b2">*h₃bhruH́-s</b> f.; thus from Celt. a. Germ. OIr. <b class="b2">for-bru</b> acc. pl., OS [[brū]]. Several enlargements: OCS <b class="b2">brъv-ь</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">brùv-ė</b>, <b class="b2">-ìs</b>, OWNo. <b class="b2">brū-n</b>, MPers. <b class="b2">brū-k</b>, Toch. B <b class="b2">pärw-ā-ne</b> (du.); also with dental in Av. <b class="b2">brvat̃-byąm</b> dat. pl. f., MIr. [[brūad]] gen. du. and in <b class="b3">ἀβροῦτες ὀφρῦς</b>. <b class="b3">Μακεδόνες</b> H. (Kretschmer Einleitung 287 w. n. 1 instead improbable (?) <b class="b3">ἀβροῦϜες</b>). -- Here also OHG [[brāwa]] f. [[eyebrew]], <b class="b2">wint-prāwa</b> [[eyelash]], which belongs with OS [[brāha]] <b class="b2">id.</b> to OE [[bræw]] m. [[eyebrew]], OWNo. [[brā]] f. [[eyelash]] (more in WP. 2, 169, Pok. 142). Combinations to be rejected by Specht Ursprung 83 a. 162. -- WP. 2, 206f., Pok. 172f., Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">bhrū́ḥ</b>, Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">briaunà</b> (quite doubtful), Vasmer s. [[brovь]] (w. lit. a. many details). Older lit. also in Bq. The nom. was <b class="b2">*h₃bhreuH-s</b>, (gen. <b class="b2">*h₃bhruH-os</b>), which explains the OHG form etc.