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ἀνοπαῖα

ἀνοπαῖα, unseen

ἀνοπαῖα, only in Od. 1.320 ὄρνις δʼ ὣς ἀνοπαῖα διέπτατο, where it is variously written and explained:
      • 1 acc. to Hdn.Gr. 2.133, it is an Adv. (compd. of ἀνά, *ὄπτομαι), she flew away unseen, unnoticed; or, acc. to Eust., = ἄνω, ἀνωφερές, up into the air, cf. καρπαλίμως ἀνόπαιον Emp. 51, and Ἀνόπαια, the name of the pass above Thermopylae (Hdt. 7.216).
      • 2 acc. to Aristarch., ἀνόπαια or πανόπαια, a kind of eagle, cf. Hebr. ᾰνᾱπηᾱ ‘heron’.
      • 3 acc. to Gramm. in An.Ox. 1.83, ἀνʼ ὀπαῖα ( ἀνὰ ὀπήν) up by the hole in the roof, up the smoke-vent.

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