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ὀκρυόεις

ὀκρυόεις, chilling, horrible

ὀκρῠόεις, εσσα, εν,
  • = κρυόεις, chilling, horrible, πολέμου . . ἐπιδημίου ὀκρυόεντος Il. 9.64; ἐμεῖο κυνὸς κακομηχάνου ὀκρυοέσσης (Helen loq.) 6.344; ὀ. φόβος A.R. 2.607; ὀ. βᾶρις, of Charon’s boat, AP 7.67 (Leon.); ἀταρπιτὸς ὀ. Parm. (?) 20; ὀκρυόειν ἔδαφος Eleg.Alex.Adesp. 1.7. (Freq. confused with ὀκρυόεις: ὀκρυόεις may have arisen from an early mistake in the division of words in Hom. (leg. ἐπιδημίοο κρυόεντος, κακομηχάνοο κ.); or ὀκ. may be cogn. with Skt. άσρυ, Lith. ašara ‘tear’, and the Adj. would then mean tearful.)

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