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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀλοός (oloós) + -φρων (-phrōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.lo.ó.pʰrɔːn/ → /o.loˈo.ɸron/ → /o.loˈo.fron/
Adjective
ὀλοόφρων • (oloóphrōn) m or f; third declension (Epic)
- meaning mischief, baleful, baneful
- crafty, shrewd
Declension
Not attested in the neuter.
Further reading
- “ὀλοόφρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀλοόφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀλοόφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὀλοόφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press