;ὄμμα χ.,typical of a brave man, Arist. Phgn. 807b1 ; of persons,flashing-eyed, φοβερὰ καὶ χαροπὴ καὶ δεινῶς ἀνδρική(sc.ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ) Luc. DDeor. 19.1 : neut. asAdv., χαροπὸν βλέπειν
Philostr. Im. 1.28
;χαροπὸν στράπτουσιν ὀπωπαί(of the hare) Opp. C. 3.510 (regul.Adv. -πῶςSch. ad loc.).
b. glassy, glazed, dull,of the eyes of winedrinkers, Al. Ge. 49.12 (χαροποιοὶ . . ὑπὲρ οἶνον,
v.l. ἀπὸ οἴνου , LXX l.c., s. v.l.), Sm. Pr. 23.29 ( πελιοὶ
LXX
l.c.).
3. of one of the chief eye-colours in men and animals, perh.bluish-grey,distd. fr.μέλας, γλαυκός,andαἰγωπός,
Arist. HA 492a3 , GA 779b14 ; τὰ χ. ἢ μέλανα ὄμματα
Luc. DMort. 1.3
; of persons,bluish-grey-eyed
PPetr. 1p.54 , al.(iii B. C.), Theoc. 12.35 , cf. Philostr. Im. 2.5 , al.; of horses, Opp. C. 1.310 , 4.113 ; of dogs, X. Cyn. 3.3 , Arr. Cyn. 5.1 (prob.), Gp. 19.2.1 ; of rams, ib. 18.1.3 ; ofπαρδάλεις,
Eust. 1703.29 ; opp.μελανόφθαλμος,
S.E. M. 7.198 ; persons with this eyecolour areφθινώδεεςacc. to Hp. Epid. 3.14 (where Gal. 17(1).726 thinks Hp. ought to have mentioned a different colour,γλαυκός).Adv.
Comp.
-ώτερον, μελαίνεσθαι(of the eyes) Hld. 2.35 .
4. of the sea,bluish-grey, grey,
χαροποῖο θαλάσσης
Orph. Fr. 245.21
, cf. A. 272 , [ S. ] Fr. 1126.3 , AP 12.53 ( Mel. ), 9.36 ( Secund. ), Anacreont. 53.30 , Nonn. D. 4.187 , al.; of the dawn, χ. ἠώς
A.R. 1.1280
; of the moon, Arat. 1152 , Q.S. 10.337 ; πρὸς ἕω λαμβάνει [ἡ σελήνη] χρόαν κυανοειδῆ καὶ χαροπήν
