brow

Greek Noun Female

ὀφρύς -ύος, ἡ [in LXX: Lev.14:9 (עַיִן גַב) *;] an eyebrow, the brow of a hill: Luk.4:29. (AS)

brow

Greek Noun Female

ὀφρῦς, ύος, ἡ, accusative ὀφρῦν, in late Poets ὀφρύα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ὀφρῦς (before caesura) [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[Refs 5th c.BC+] brú 'brow'.):—brow, eyebrow, τὸν. ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύος οὖτα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά, [Refs 8th c.BC+], nodded assent, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀ. νεῦσε nodded to him to do a thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ δ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ made a sign not to do,[Refs], in token of grief, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακώς, ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pride (compare ὀφρυόομαι), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρύσσαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] knit the brows, frown, [Refs 5th c.BC+], let down or unknit the brow, become calm or cheerful again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: the brow was also the seat of smiles and joy, ἀγανᾷ χλοαρὸν γελάσσαις ὀφρύϊ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on their physiognomical character, see [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) ὀφρῦς alone, scorn, pride, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II) from like ness of shape, brow of a hill, crag, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; embankment, ὀ. ἀπότομος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; overhanging bank of a river, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the sea, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a ditch, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the rim of joint-cavities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the woodwork enclosing the bore of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: in Architecture texts, architrave,[Refs 5th c.BC+] III) a plant, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice; brow; perhaps from g3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision)