ὀλοφώϊος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, Ep. Adj. [[destructive]], [[deadly]], Hom. only in Od. and in neut. pl., <b class="b3">ὀ. δήνεα</b> [[pernicious]] [[art]]s or [[plot]]s, <span class="bibl">10.289</span>; <b class="b3">ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς</b> versed in [[pernicious arts]], <span class="bibl">4.460</span>, <span class="bibl">17.248</span>; <b class="b3">πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο</b> γέροντος ib.<span class="bibl">410</span>; in later Ep., λύκων ὀ. ἔρνος <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.185</span>; ὀλοφώϊος [[ἰός]] <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>327</span>. (The notion of [[destruction]], necessary in Theoc. and Nic. ll. cc., and assumed by Hsch., is perhaps not certain in Hom., where [[ὀλοφώϊος]] may mean simply [[deceptive]], [[tricky]] : perhaps akin to [[ἐλεφαίρομαι]].)