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ὀλοφώϊος

ὀλοφώϊος, destructive, deadly

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ὀλοφώϊον feminine accusative singular, masculine accusative singular, neuter accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular of ὀλοφώϊος

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ὀλοφώϊος, ον, Ep. Adj.
  • destructive, deadly, Hom. only in Od. and in neut. pl., ὀ. δήνεα pernicious arts or plots, 10.289; ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς versed in pernicious arts, 4.460, 17.248; πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο γέροντος ib. 410; in later Ep., λύκων ὀ. ἔρνος Theoc. 25.185; ὀ. ἰός Nic. Th. 327. (The notion of destruction, necessary in Theoc. and Nic. ll. cc., and assumed by Hsch., is perh. not certain in Hom., where ὀ. may mean simply deceptive, tricky: perh. akin to ἐλεφαίρομαι.)

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