brow
Heraclitus, fr. B 119 Diels
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
forehead: P. and V. μέτωπον, τό (Xen.).
temple: Ar. and P. κρόταφος, ὁ.
of a hill: P. and V. κορυφή, ἡ, λόφος, ὁ, P. ἀκρωνυχία, ἡ (Xen.), V. ὀφρύη, ἡ.
knit the brows: Ar. τὰς ὀφρῦς συνάγειν.
with knitted brows: V. συνωφρυωμένος; see knit.
knitting his brows in anger: Ar. δεινὸν ἐπισκύνιον συνάγων (Ranae 823).
lift one's brows: Ar. and P. ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν.
relax the brows: V. καταβάλλειν τὰς ὀφρῦς (Eur., Cyclops 167).