ὑπώπιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (< [[ὤψ]])<br><b class="num">1.</b>the [[part of the face under the eyes]], νυκτὶ θοῇ ἀτάλαντος ὑπώπια like night in [[countenance]], i.e. [[dark]], [[gloomy]], <i>Il.</i> 12.463, cf. Hp. <i>Int.</i> 12 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὑπόπυα]]), Philostr. <i>Gym.</i> 48.<br><b class="num">2.</b>a [[blow in the face]], [[black eye]], E. <i>Fr.</i> 374, Ar. <i>Ach.</i> 551, <i>V.</i> 1386, Apolloph. 3, Lys. 4.9, etc. ; then, any [[bruise]] or [[weal]], Thphr. <i>HP</i> 9.20.3, cf. Gal. 12.804 ; improperly applied to a bruise on the foot, as is shown by the joke in Ath. 3.97f. <i>metaph</i>, [[blot]], [[disgrace]], Cic. <i>Att.</i> 1.20.5.<br><b class="num">3.</b>a plant, the root of which was bruised and applied as a [[cure]] for [[black]] [[eye]]s, = [[θαψία]], Ps.-Dsc. 4.153.