ὀφρύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὀφρῦς (ophrûs)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *opʰrū́s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). Cognates include Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū́), Lithuanian bruvis, Tocharian B pärwāne, Old English brū (English brow).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀφρῡ́ς • (ophrū́s) f (genitive ὀφρῠ́ος); third declension

  1. eyebrow
  2. brow of a hill

Usage notes

As motion of the eyebrows is indicative of many emotions, ὀφρύς is often used in reference to various emotions.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὀφρῡ́ς; τῆς ὀφρῠ́ος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὀφρῡ́ς
hē ophrū́s 		τὼ ὀφρῠ́ε
tṑ ophrŭ́e 		αἱ ὀφρῠ́ες
hai ophrŭ́es
Genitive τῆς ὀφρῠ́ος
tês ophrŭ́os 		τοῖν ὀφρῠ́οιν
toîn ophrŭ́oin 		τῶν ὀφρῠ́ων
tôn ophrŭ́ōn
Dative τῇ ὀφρῠ́ῐ̈
tēî ophrŭ́ĭ̈ 		τοῖν ὀφρῠ́οιν
toîn ophrŭ́oin 		ταῖς ὀφρῠ́σῐ / ὀφρῠ́σῐν
taîs ophrŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ὀφρῡ́ν
tḕn ophrū́n 		τὼ ὀφρῠ́ε
tṑ ophrŭ́e 		τᾱ̀ς ὀφρῦς / ὀφρῠ́ᾰς
tā̀s ophrûs / ophrŭ́ăs
Vocative ὀφρῡ́
ophrū́ 		ὀφρῠ́ε
ophrŭ́e 		ὀφρῠ́ες
ophrŭ́es
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Koine Greek: ὀφρύδιον (ophrúdion) (from the diminutive)
    • Byzantine Greek: φρύδιν (phrúdin), φρύδι (phrúdi)
      • Greek: φρύδι (frýdi)
      • Mariupol Greek: фридъ (frið)
    • Pontic Greek: οφρύδιν (ofrýdin), οφρύδ’ (ofrýd’), ’φρύδιν (’frýdin), οφρύδι (ofrýdi), ’φρύδι (’frýdi), ’φρύδ’ (’frýd’)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀφρύς, -ύος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1135-6

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