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Headword: *(upodra/c
Adler number: upsilon,488
Translated headword: from under the brows
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"She grew pale and was looking slantwise from under the brows."[1] That is to say she was pallid and was looking askance because of her anger.
Greek Original:
*(upodra/c: h( de\ pelidnwqei=sa kai\ o)/mmasi loco\n u(podra\c o)ssome/nh. toute/stin w)xria/sasa kai\ u(pobleyame/nh dia\ th\n o)rgh/n.
Notes:
Considered a later variation of the Homeric u(po/dra (upsilon 487). Apart from the quotation in this entry, the word is also found in Nicander, Theriaca 457 and 765, and Callimachus fr. 194.101 Pfeiffer (Iambi). See also the entries in Etymologicum Gudianum under u(po/dra.
[1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 374 Pfeiffer.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; poetry; women
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 8 May 2008@10:39:24.
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