A.bhrūs, gen. bhruvas, Slav. br[ucaron]v[icaron], OE. brú 'brow'.):—brow, eyebrow, “τὸν . . ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύος οὖτα” Il.14.493; ἡ ὀ. ἡ δεξιά, ἡ ἀριστερά, Arist.PA671b32, cf. Pr.878b28: elsewh. in pl., “ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύσι δάκρυα λεῖβον” Il.13.88, al.; “ὑπ᾽ ὀ. πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν” Hes. Th.827, etc.: freq. of signs, ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων, i.e. ἐπένευσε ὀφρύσι, nodded assent, Il.1.528, etc.; ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀ. νεῦσε nodded to him to do a thing, Od.16.164; ἀνὰ δ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ made a sign not to do, 9.468; “ὀφρύσι νευστάζων” 12.194: in various phrases expressing emotions, τὰς ὀ. ἀνασπᾶν, in token of grief, “τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακώς, ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν” Ar.Ach.1069; “ἀνασπάσας τις τὰς ὀφρῦς οἴμοι λαλεῖ” Men.556.3; of pride (cf. ὀφρυόομαι), D.19.314; “οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς αἴροντες” Men.39; “ὀφρῦν ἐπαίρειν” E.Fr.1040, cf. Amphis 13; “τὰς ὀ. ἔχειν ἐπάνω τῆς κορυφῆς” Alex.16.6; “ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς κροτάφους ὑπεραίρειν” Luc.Am.54; “ὀφρῦς ἔχειν” Ar.Ra.925; “ὀφρῦν ἐφέλκεσθαι” AP7.440.6 (Leon., interpol.?); ἐρύσσαι ib.5.215 (Agath.); “ἀνελκταῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός” Cratin.355: contrariwise, τὰς ὀφρῦς συνάγειν knit the brows, frown, Ar.Nu.582, Pl.756, etc.; “τὰς ὀ. συνέλκειν” Antiph.307; “συσπᾶν” Luc.Vit.Auct.7; “κατεσπακώς” Alciphr.3.3: on the other hand, καταβαλεῖν, λῦσαι, μεθεῖναι τὰς ὀ. or τὴν ὀ., let down or unknit the brow, become calm or cheerful again, E.Cyc.167, Hipp.290, IA648; “ὀ. μὴ καθειμένη” Zeno Stoic.1.58; “σχάζεσθαι τὰς ὀ.” Pl.Com.32; “καθέσθαι” Plu. 2.1062f: the brow was also the seat of smiles and joy, “ἀγανᾷ χλοαρὸν γελάσσαις ὀφρύϊ” Pi.P.9.38, cf. h.Cer.358; or gravity, “στυγνὸν ὀφρύων νέφος” E.Hipp.[172]; “ὁρᾶτε ὡς σπουδαῖαι μὲν αὐτοῦ αἱ ὀφρύες” X.Smp.8.3; on their physiognomical character, v. Arist.HA491b14, Phgn. 812b26.
II. from like ness of shape, brow of a hill, crag, Il.20.151, Pi.O.13.106; embankment, “ὀ. ἀπότομος” Plb. 36.8.3; overhanging bank of a river, Id.2.33.7, etc.; “ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύων ποταμοῦ” PAmh.2.68.9 (i A. D.); of the sea, A.R.1.178, etc.; of a ditch, Str.5.3.7 (cf. ὀφρύη); of the rim of joint-cavities, Gal.UP 1.15, al.; of the woodwork enclosing the bore of a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.57.7: in Archit., architrave, Procop.Gaz.p.157 B.
III. a plant, Plin.HN26.164.