ὀφρῦς, ύος, ἡ,
accusative ὀφρῦν, in late Poets ὀφρύα, [[“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 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ὀφρῦς (before caesura) [[ 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] Refs 8th c.BC+] may be admitted in late writers: compounds have ῠ, εὔοφρυς, λεύκοφρυς, etc.] (Cf. Sanskrit bhrūs, genitive bhruvas, Slavonic br[ucaron]see[icaron], O[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] brú 'brow'.):—brow, eyebrow, τὸν.. ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύος οὖτα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.493 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά, [[ 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] Refs 8th c.BC+], nodded assent, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.528, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀ. νεῦσε nodded to him to do a thing, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.164 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ δ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ made a sign not to do,[[ 9.468; ὀφρύσι νευστάζων 12.194: in various phrases expressing emotions, τὰς ὀ. ἀνασπᾶν] Refs], in token of grief, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακώς, ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1069; ἀνασπάσας τις τὰς ὀφρῦς οἴμοι λαλεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 556.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pride (compare ὀφρυόομαι), [[ 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 ?)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρύσσαι[[ [prev. work] 5.215 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); ἀνελκταῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 355: contrariwise, τὰς ὀφρῦς συνάγειν] Refs 5th c.BC+] knit the brows, frown, [[ 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.] Refs 5th c.BC+], let down or unknit the brow, become calm or cheerful again, [[ 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 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: the brow was also the seat of smiles and joy, ἀγανᾷ χλοαρὸν γελάσσαις ὀφρύϊ [[ 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 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; on their physiognomical character, see [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 491b14, “Phgn.” 812b26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]