χᾰροπός, ή, όν,
also ός, όν [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1152 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], epithet of uncertain sense, perhaps fierce, λέοντες [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.611, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 569, “IG” 42(1).131.12 (Epid.); λέων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 321; κύνες “hymnus ad Mercurium” 194 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύνα, of Hecuba, [[ “Lyrica Adespota” 101; θῆρες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1146 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαροποῖσι πιθήκοις (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for λέουσι, in an oracle alluding to the Spartans) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1065 (hexameters) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of serpents, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 10.22 (from Bianor)] Refs]; grim, Ἄρης [[ “IG” 9(1).868.1 (Corc., 7th-6th c.BC, nisi to be read Χάροπος, _genitive_ of Χάροψ)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; γένεια, of bears, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.363; κεραῖαι, of a bull, [prev. work] 40.52; γενειάδες, of dogs, [prev. work] 307. ] Refs 4th c.AD+] adverb -πῶς[[ Scholia 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.510. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 of eyes, flashing, bright, βλέποντος χαροποῖς τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν κόρυν οἷον οἱ λέοντες ἐν ἀναβολῇ τοῦ ὁρμῆσαι [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 12a. 1; τὸ χ. αὐτοῦ καὶ γοργόν [prev. author] “Im.” 1.23; χ. βλέμματος ἀστεροπαί “Anthologia Graeca” 5.152 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), compare 155 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ὄμματά μοι γλαυκᾶς χαροπώτερα πολλὸν Ἀθάνας 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.25 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὄμμα χ., typical of a brave man, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 807b1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, flashing-eyed, φοβερὰ καὶ χαροπὴ καὶ δεινῶς ἀνδρική (i.e. ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ) [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 19.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: neuter as adverb, χαροπὸν βλέπειν [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.28 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χαροπὸν στράπτουσιν ὀπωπαί (of the hare) [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.510 (regular _adverb_ -πῶς Scholia (at [prev. work])). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]