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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ύος, ἡ, acc. ὀφρῦν, in late Poets ὀφρύα, <i>AP<\/i> 12.186 (Strat.), Opp. <i>C.<\/i> 4.405, Q.S. 4.361; acc. pl. ὀφρύας (in the fourth foot) <i>Od.<\/i> 9.389; but ὀφρῦς (before caesura) <i>Il.<\/i> 16.740, and so in <i>Att.<\/i> (v. infr.). [υ in nom. and acc., which are accented ὀφρῦς, ῦν by Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 2.937; the accentuation ὀφρύς, ὀφρύν may be admitted in late writers; compds. have υ, εὔοφρυς, λεύκοφρυς, etc.] (Cf. Skt. <i>bhrūs<\/i>, gen. <i>bhruvas<\/i>, Slav. <i>brŭvĭ<\/i>, OE. <i>brú<\/i> ΄brow΄.) : — <b>brow, eyebrow<\/b>, τὸν… ὑπ’ ὀφρύος οὖτα <i>Il.<\/i> 14.493; ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά, Arist. <i>PA<\/i> 671b32, cf. <i>Pr.<\/i> 878b28; elsewh. in pl., ὑπ’ ὀφρύσι δάκρυα λεῖβον <i>Il.<\/i> 13.88, al. ; ὑπ’ ὀ. πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν Hes. <i>Th.<\/i> 827, etc. ; freq. of signs, ἐπ’ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων, i.e. ἐπένευσε ὀφρύσι, <b>nodded assent<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 1.528, etc. ; ἡ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐπ’ ὀ. νεῦσε <b>nodded<\/b> to him to do a thing, <i>Od.<\/i> 16.164; ἀνὰ δ’ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ <b>made a sign<\/b> not to do, 9.468; ὀφρύσι νευστάζων 12.194; in various phrases expressing emotions, τὰς ὀ. ἀνασπᾶν, in token of grief, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακώς, ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 1069; ἀνασπάσας τις τὰς ὀφρῦς οἴμοι λαλεῖ Men. 556.3; of pride (cf. ὀφρυόομαι), D. 19.314; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς αἴροντες Men. 39; ὀφρῦν ἐπαίρειν E. <i>Fr.<\/i> 1040, cf. Amphis 13; τὰς ὀ. ἔχειν ἐπάνω τῆς κορυφῆς Alex. 16.6; ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς κροτάφους ὑπεραίρειν Luc. <i>Am.<\/i> 54; ὀφρῦς ἔχειν Ar. <i>Ra.<\/i> 925; ὀφρῦν ἐφέλκεσθαι <i>AP<\/i> 7.440.6 (Leon., interpol. ?); ἐρύσσαι <i>ib.<\/i> 5.215 (Agath.); ἀνελκταῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός Cratin. 355; contrariwise, τὰς ὀφρῦς συνάγειν knit <b>the brows, frown<\/b>, Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 582, Pl. 756, etc. ; τὰς ὀ. συνέλκειν Antiph. 307; συσπᾶν Luc. <i>Vit. Auct.<\/i> 7; κατεσπακώς Alciphr. 3.3; on the other hand, καταβαλεῖν, λῦσαι, μεθεῖναι τὰς ὀ. or τὴν ὀ., let down or unknit <b>the brow<\/b>, become calm or cheerful again, E. <i>Cyc.<\/i> 167, <i>Hipp.<\/i> 290, <i>IA<\/i> 648; ὀ. μὴ καθειμένη Zeno <i>Stoic.<\/i> 1.58; σχάζεσθαι τὰς ὀ. Pl.Com. 32; καθέσθαι Plu. 2.1062f; the brow was also the seat of smiles and joy, ἀγανᾷ χλοαρὸν γελάσσαις ὀφρύϊ Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 9.38, cf. <i>h.Cer.<\/i> 358; or gravity, στυγνὸν ὀφρύων νέφος E. <i>Hipp.<\/i> [172]; ὁρᾶτε ὡς σπουδαῖαι μὲν αὐτοῦ αἱ ὀφρύες X. <i>Smp.<\/i> 8.3; on their physiognomical character, v. Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 491b14, <i>Phgn.<\/i> 812b26. ὀφρῦς alone, <b>scorn, pride<\/b>, <i>AP<\/i> 7.409 (Antip.), 9.43 (Parmen.), 10.122 (Lucill.), etc. from like ness of shape, <b>brow of a hill, crag<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 20.151, Pi. <i>O.<\/i> 13.106; <b>embankment<\/b>, ὀ. ἀπότομος Plb. 36.8.3; <b>overhanging bank<\/b> of a river, Id. 2.33.7, etc. ; ἐπ’ ὀφρύων ποταμοῦ PAmh. 2.68.9 (i AD); of the sea, A.R. 1.178, etc. ; of a ditch, Str. 5.3.7 (cf. ὀφρύη); of the <b>rim<\/b> of joint-cavities, Gal. <i>UP<\/i> 1.15, al. ; of the woodwork enclosing the bore of a torsion-engine, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 57.7; in Archit., <b>architrave<\/b>, Procop.Gaz. p. 157 B. a plant, Plin. <i>HN<\/i> 26.164."
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                    "description": " <b>ὀφρύς -ύος<\/b>, ἡ<br\/> [in LXX: Lev.14:9 (עַיִן גַב) * ;] <br\/><b>an eyebrow, the brow of a hill<\/b>: Luk.4:29.†<br\/> (AS)"
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