Lexical Definition

‎ὀφρῦς‎ ophrŷs (of-roos') brow ^G:N-F
perhaps from ‎ὀπτάνομαι‎ (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision)

brow.

• the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice

Abbott-Smith

ὀφρύς, -ύος, ἡ, [in LXX: Le 14:9 (עַיִן גּב)*;]
an eyebrow, the brow of a hill: Lk 4:29.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὀφρῦς, ύος, ἡ,

accusative ὀφρῦν, in late Poets ὀφρύα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ὀφρῦς (before caesura) [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[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 [ὀφρῦς οἴμοι λαλεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 556.3 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pride (compare ὀφρυόομαι), [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[ὀφρῦς συνάγειν">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+]