h₃bhreuH-

Grammatical information: f., most plur.

Meaning: `the eyebrows', metaph. `elevated edge, brow of a hill' (Il.; details on the inflexion Schwyzer 571 β).

Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in σύν-οφρυς `with grown together eyebrows' (Arist.).

Derivatives: ὀφρύ-διον n. dimin. (H. s. ἐπισκύνιον, Theognost.), NGr. ( ὀ)φρύδι; ὀφρύη, -α `elevation' (Hdt., Argos) like ἰχθύ-η, -α a.o. (Schwyzer 463); - όεις `situated on an edge, terraced' (Χ 411; Bowra JHSt. 80, 18f.), - ώδης `protrusive' (Gal.). Denom. verbs: 1. ὀφρυ-όομαι `to be haughty' (Timo, Luc.) with - ωσις f. `elevation, edge' (Paul. Aeg.), older συν-οφρυόομαι `to knit one's brows' (S., E.); κατ- ὀφρῦς in κατωφρυωμένος `to be provided with brows' (Philestr. VA, Luc.); 2. - άζω `to beckon with the eyebrows', also as expression of pride (Amips. Com. V--IV^a); 3. - άω `to be hilly' (Str.); 4. ὀφρυγνᾳ̃ ὁμοίως (i.e. = - άζει). Βοιωτοί H. (unclear; after ὀριγνάομαι? doubting Schwyzer 695 n. 2).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [172] cf. 142 * h₃bhreuH- `eyebrow'

Etymology: Old name of the eyebrows, except for the ὀ- identical with Skt. bhrū́-h, acc. bhrúv-am f.: IE *h₃bhruH́-s f.; thus from Celt. a. Germ. OIr. for-bru acc. pl., OS brū. Several enlargements: OCS brъv-ь, Lith. brùv-ė, -ìs, OWNo. brū-n, MPers. brū-k, Toch. B pärw-ā-ne (du.); also with dental in Av. brvat̃-byąm dat. pl. f., MIr. brūad gen. du. and in ἀβροῦτες ὀφρῦς. Μακεδόνες H. (Kretschmer Einleitung 287 w. n. 1 instead improbable (?) ἀβροῦϜες). -- Here also OHG brāwa f. `eyebrew', wint-prāwa `eyelash', which belongs with OS brāha `id.' to OE brǣw m. `eyebrew', OWNo. brā f. `eyelash' (more in WP. 2, 169, Pok. 142). Combinations to be rejected by Specht Ursprung 83 a. 162. -- WP. 2, 206f., Pok. 172f., Mayrhofer s. bhrū́ḥ, Fraenkel s. briaunà (quite doubtful), Vasmer s. brovь (w. lit. a. many details). Older lit. also in Bq. The nom. was *h₃bhrēuH-s, (gen. * h₃bhruH-os), which explains the OHG form etc.

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