Strong G3790ὀφρῦς

ὀφρῦς, ύος, ἡ,
accusative ὀφρῦν, in late Poets ὀφρύα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.186 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.405, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.361: _accusative_ _plural_ ὀφρύας (in the fourth foot) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.389)]; but ὀφρῦς (before caesura) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.740, and so in _Attic dialect_ (see. below). [ῡ in _nominative_ and _accusative_, which are accented ὀφρῦς, -ῦν by Hdn.Gr. 2.937: the accentuation ὀφρύς, ὀφρύν)] may be admitted in late writers: compounds have ῠ, εὔοφρυς, λεύκοφρυς, etc.] (Cf. Sanskrit bhrūs, genitive bhruvas, Slavonic br[ucaron]see[icaron], O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] brú 'brow'.):—brow, eyebrow, τὸν.. ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύος οὖτα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.493)]; ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 671b32, compare “Pr.” 878b28: elsewhere in _plural_, ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύσι δάκρυα λεῖβον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.88, +others; ὑπ᾽ ὀ. πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 827, etc.: frequently of signs, ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων, i.e. ἐπένευσε ὀφρύσι)], nodded assent, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.528, etc.)]; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀ. νεῦσε nodded to him to do a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.164)]; ἀνὰ δ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ made a sign not to do,[Refs (9.468; ὀφρύσι νευστάζων 12.194: in various phrases expressing emotions, τὰς ὀ. ἀνασπᾶν)], in token of grief, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακώς, ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1069; ἀνασπάσας τις τὰς ὀφρῦς οἴμοι λαλεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 556.3)]; of pride (compare ὀφρυόομαι), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς αἴροντες 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 39; ὀφρῦν ἐπαίρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1040, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13; τὰς ὀ. ἔχειν ἐπάνω τῆς κορυφῆς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 16.6; ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς κροτάφους ὑπεραίρειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 54; ὀφρῦς ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 925; ὀφρῦν ἐφέλκεσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 7.440.6 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus, interpolated ?))]; ἐρύσσαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.215 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); ἀνελκταῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 355: contrariwise, τὰς ὀφρῦς συνάγειν)] knit the brows, frown, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 582, “Pl.” 756, etc.; τὰς ὀ. συνέλκειν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 307; συσπᾶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 7; κατεσπακώς 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.3: on the other hand, καταβαλεῖν, λῦσαι, μεθεῖναι τὰς ὀ. or τὴν ὀ.)], let down or unknit the brow, become calm or cheerful again, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 167, “Hipp.” 290, “IA” 648; ὀ. μὴ καθειμένη 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.58; σχάζεσθαι τὰς ὀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 32; καθέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1062f)]: the brow was also the seat of smiles and joy, ἀγανᾷ χλοαρὸν γελάσσαις ὀφρύϊ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.38, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 358; or gravity, στυγνὸν ὀφρύων νέφος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” [172]; ὁρᾶτε ὡς σπουδαῖαι μὲν αὐτοῦ αἱ ὀφρύες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.3)]; on their physiognomical character, see [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 491b14, “Phgn.” 812b26.)]
2 ὀφρῦς alone, scorn, pride, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 7.409 (Antip.), 9.43 (Parmenio Epigrammaticus), 10.122 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), etc.)]
II from like ness of shape, brow of a hill, crag, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.151, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.106)]; embankment, ὀ. ἀπότομος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 36.8.3)]; overhanging bank of a river, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.33.7, etc.; ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύων ποταμοῦ “PAmh.” 2.68.9 (1st c.AD))]; of the sea, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.178, etc.)]; of a ditch, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.3.7 (compare ὀφρύη))]; of the rim of joint-cavities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 1.15, +others)]; of the woodwork enclosing the bore of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 57.7)]: in Architecture texts, architrave,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Procop.Gaz. p.157 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
III a plant, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 26.164.)]