ὄφις
ὄφις,
ὁ, gen.
ὄφεως, poet. also
A). ὄφεος E. Supp. 703 ,
Ba. 1026 ,
1331 ; Dor. and Ion.
ὄφιος Hes. Th. 322 ,
Hdt. 9.81 ,
Arat. 82 :—
serpent,
αἰόλος Il. 12.208 ;
γλαυκῶπα ποικιλόνωτον ὄφιν Pi. P. 4.249 , cf.
A. Ch. 544 ,
S. Ph. 1328 ,
Hdt. 8.41 ,
Pl. Phd. 112d ,
R. 358b , etc.;
ὁ ψυχρὸς ὄ.
Theoc. 15.58 ; equiv. to
δράκων in
Hes. Th. 322 ,
825 : metaph.,
πτηνὸν ἀργηστὴν ὄφιν, of an arrow,
A. Eu. 181 .
2). τρικάρηνος ὄ. ὁ χάλκεος dedicated at Delphi ( =
SIG 31 ),
Hdt. 9.81 .
V). a kind of
fish, v.
ὀφίδιον 11 .
VI). guinea-worm (elsewh. δρακόντιον), Ruf. Interrog. 65 .
VII). =
ὀφίασις I,
Cels. 6.4 ,
Poll. 4.192 . [The first syll. is sts. made long in the older Poets,
αἰόλον ὄφιν Il. 12.208 , cf.
Hippon. 49.6 ; so
ὀφιοέσσης Antim. 78 . It was then pronounced (and perh. written)
ὄπφις, ὀπφιοέσσης, v. Eust.
Il. l.c.—The ult. of the nom. and acc.
ὄφις, ὄφιν is commonly long, as in
Hes. Th. 334 ,
A. Ch. 928 ,
A.R. 2.1269 ,
Mosch. 4.22 ; short only in later Poets, as
A.R. 4.128 ,
1398 ,
Arat. 578 .]
ShortDef
a serpent, snake
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὄφις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οφις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-76153
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὄφις</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, gen. <span class="foreign greek">ὄφεως</span>, poet. also <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὄφεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:703" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:703/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 703 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1026" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1026/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1026 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1331" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1331/canonical-url/"> 1331 </a>; Dor. and Ion. <span class="quote greek">ὄφιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 322 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.81 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 82 </a>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">serpent</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἰόλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.208 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γλαυκῶπα ποικιλόνωτον ὄφιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:249" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.249/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.249 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:544" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:544/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 544 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1328/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1328 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.41 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:112d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:112d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 112d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:358b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:358b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 358b </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ψυχρὸς ὄ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.58 </a>; equiv. to <span class="foreign greek">δράκων</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 322 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:825" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:825/canonical-url/"> 825 </a>: metaph., <span class="foreign greek">πτηνὸν ἀργηστὴν ὄφιν</span>, of an arrow, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 181 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> like <span class="ref greek">δράκων</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a serpent-like bracelet</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:387" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:387/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 387 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicostr.</span> </span> Com.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2037.tlg001:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2037.tlg001:33/canonical-url/"> 33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg002:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg002:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 22 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὄφεις</span> is Att. for <span class="foreign greek">ψέλλια</span> acc. to <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1515.tlg001:p.288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1515.tlg001:p.288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Moer.</span> p.288 </a> P. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τρικάρηνος ὄ. ὁ χάλκεος</span> dedicated at Delphi ( = <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 31 </span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.81 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> the constellation <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Serpens</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 82 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.2.18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a creeping plant</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2.114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 2.114 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fish</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">ὀφίδιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">guinea-worm</span> (elsewh. <span class="foreign greek">δρακόντιον</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Interrog.</span> 65 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ὀφίασις</span> I, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1248.tlg001:6:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1248.tlg001:6.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cels.</span> 6.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:4:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:4.192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 4.192 </a>. [The first syll. is sts. made long in the older Poets, <span class="quote greek">αἰόλον ὄφιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.208 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0233.tlg001:49:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0233.tlg001:49.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hippon.</span> 49.6 </a>; so <span class="quote greek">ὀφιοέσσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antim.</span> 78 </a> . It was then pronounced (and perh. written) <span class="foreign greek">ὄπφις, ὀπφιοέσσης</span>, v. Eust.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> </span> l.c.—The ult. of the nom. and acc. <span class="foreign greek">ὄφις, ὄφιν</span> is commonly long, as in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 334 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:928" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:928/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 928 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1269" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.1269/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.1269 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0035.tlg001:4:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0035.tlg001:4.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mosch.</span> 4.22 </a>; short only in later Poets, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.128 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1398" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.1398/canonical-url/"> 1398 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:578" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:578/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 578 </a>.]</div> </div><br><br>'}