οἱ δε μέλανα οἶνον

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: name of a mediocre Sicilian wine (Com.); cf. Ath. 31e, Suidas

Other forms: Cf. ἀμφής· οἴνου ἄνθος· οἱ δε μελανα οἶνον H.

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: - ιας is a suffix used in names of wines. See Baunack Philol. 70, 1911, 356 connection with ἀμφί, -ω?. Fur. 341 connects the gloss, which is quite possible, and also ὄμφαξ `unripe grape' (q.v.), which is possible.

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Grammatical information: f. (late also m.).

Meaning: `herling, unripe sour bunch of grapes' (η 125), also of olives (Poll.); metaph. of a younge girl, an undeveloped nipple etc. (poet.).

Derivatives: 1. ὀμφάκιον n. `juice of unripe grapes or olives' (Hp., pap.); 2. ὀμφακίς, - ίδος f. `cup of a certain kind of oak' (Paul. Aeg.; because of the contracting astringent taste); 3. ὀμφακ-ίας ( οἶνος) m. `herling wine' (Gal.), metaph. = `sour, unripe' (Ar., Luc.; cf. Chantraine Form. 94 f.); - ίτης ( οἶνος) m. `id.', also name of a stone (Gal.; codd. - τίτης), - ῖτις f. of ἐλαίη (Hp.), `kind of oakapple' (Dsc., Gal.; Redard 58, 98, 75, 114); 4. ὀμφακώδης 'ὄ.-like' (Hp., Arist.), - ινος `made of ὄ.' (Hp., pap.), - ηρὰ ( ἀγγεῖα) n. pl. `vessels for ὄ.' (medic., pap.); 5. ὀμφακίζω 'to be ὄ., i.e. sour, unripe', also of other fruits (LXX, Dsc.), - ίζομαι `to pick sour wine grapes' (Epich.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Unexplained, perh. a foreign word (cf. Chantraine Form. 377). On itself ὄμφ-αξ could come from an unattested *ὀμφων ( = Lat. umbō etc.; s. ὀμφαλός); the semantic explanation "navellike knob" (WP. 1, 130, Pok. 315, similar Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 21 3 f. with wrong further conclusions) can hardly be considered as convincing. Another, certainly wrong explanation in Curtius 294. -- Wrong also Lagercrantz KZ 35, 285ff. (s. Bq). - Furnée 341 connects ἀμφίας `a bad Sicilian wine' and ἀμφής οἴνου ἄνθος. οἱ δε μέλανα οἶνον H. The variation would point to Pre-Greek. (The suffix - αξ is typically Pre-Greek.)

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χᾰροπός, ή, όν, also ός, όν Arat.1152, epith. of dub. sense, perh.

A fierce,

λέοντες Od.11.611

, h.Merc. 569, IG42(1).131.12 (Epid.);

λέων Hes.Th. 321

;

κύνες h.Merc. 194

; κύνα, of Hecuba, Lyr.Adesp. 101;

θῆρες S.Ph. 1146

(lyr.); χαροποῖσι πιθήκοις ( παρὰ προσδοκίαν for λέουσι, in an oracle alluding to the Spartans) Ar. Pax 1065 (hex.); of serpents, AP10.22 ([place name] Bianor); grim,

Ἄρης IG9(1).868.1

(Corc., vii/vi B. C., nisi leg. Χάροπος, gen. of Χάροψ) ; γένεια, of bears, Nonn.D.5.363; κεραῖαι, of a bull, ib.40.52; γενειάδες, of dogs, ib. 307. Adv. - πῶς Sch.Opp.C.3.510.

2 of eyes, flashing, bright,

βλέποντος χαροποῖς τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν κόρυν οἷον οἱ λέοντες ἐν ἀναβολῇ τοῦ ὁρμῆσαι Philostr.Her. 12a

.1;

τὸ χ. αὐτοῦ καὶ γοργόν Id.Im.1.23

;

χ. βλέμματος ἀστεροπαί AP5.152

(Asclep.), cf. 155 (Mel.);

ὄμματά μοι γλαυκᾶς χαροπώτερα πολλὸν Ἀθάνας Theoc.20.25

; ὄμμα χ., typical of a brave man, Arist.Phgn. 807b1; of persons, flashing-eyed, φοβερὰ καὶ χαροπὴ καὶ δεινῶς ἀνδρική (sc. ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ) Luc.DDeor.19.1: neut. as Adv.,

χαροπὸν βλέπειν Philostr.Im.1.28

; χαροπὸν στράπτουσιν ὀπωπαί (of the hare) Opp.C.3.510 (regul. Adv. - πῶς Sch. ad loc.).

b glassy, glazed, dull, of the eyes of winedrinkers, Al.Ge.49.12 (χαροποιοὶ.. ὑπὲρ οἶνον, v.l. ἀπὸ οἴνου, LXX l.c., s. v.l.), Sm.Pr.23.29 (

πελιοὶ LXX

l.c.).

3 of one of the chief eye-colours in men and animals, perh. bluish-grey, distd. fr. μέλας, γλαυκός, and αἰγωπός, Arist.HA 492a3, GA 779b14;

τὰ χ. ἢ μέλανα ὄμματα Luc.DMort.1.3

; of persons, bluish-grey-eyed PPetr.1p.54, al. (iii B. C.), Theoc.12.35, cf. Philostr.Im.2.5, al.; of horses, Opp.C.1.310, 4.113; of dogs, X.Cyn.3.3, Arr.Cyn.5.1 (prob.), Gp.19.2.1; of rams, ib.18.1.3; of παρδάλεις, Eust. 1703.29; opp. μελανόφθαλμος, S.E.M.7.198; persons with this eyecolour are φθινώδεες acc. to Hp.Epid.3.14 (where Gal.17(1).726 thinks Hp. ought to have mentioned a different colour, γλαυκός). Adv. [comp] Comp. -ώτερον, μελαίνεσθαι (of the eyes) Hld.2.35.

4 of the sea, bluish-grey, grey,

χαροποῖο θαλάσσης Orph.Fr.245.21

, cf. A. 272, [S.] Fr.1126.3, AP12.53 (Mel.), 9.36 (Secund.), Anacreont. 53.30, Nonn.D.4.187, al.; of the dawn,

χ. ἠώς A.R.1.1280

; of the moon, Arat.1152, Q.S.10.337;

πρὸς ἕω λαμβάνει [ἡ σελήνη] χρόαν κυανοειδῆ καὶ χαροπήν Plu.2.934d

; of certain stars,

χ. καὶ ἀναλδέες εἱλίσσονται Arat.394

, cf. 594.

5 metaph., grey, ὑπὸ σὸν (sc. τῆς Νεμέσεως)

τροχὸν ἄστατον ἀστιβῆ χαροπὰ μερόπων στρέφεται Τύχα Mesom.Nem.8

.