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βλοσυρός

βλοσυρός, grim, fierce

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βλοσυραὶ feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of βλοσυρός

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βλοσῠρός, ά, όν, also ός, όν v.l. in Hes. Sc. 250:—
  • hairy, shaggy, bristling, μειδιόων βλοσυροῖσι προσώπασι Il. 7.212; τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε λαμπέσθην βλοσυρῇσιν ὑπʼ ὀφρύσιν 15.608, cf. Hes. Sc. 147; of lions, ib. 175; of the Κῆρες, ib. 250; ἡ δὲ συὸς βλοσυρῆς, to describe a woman, Phoc. 3.3; β. χαίτη Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 11.4; ἄρκτοι, φώκη, Opp. H. 2.247, 5.38; πορδαλίων βλοσυρὰς δύσαντο καλύπτρας Nonn. D. 14.131; later, grim, fearful, ἄγος A. Eu. 167 (lyr.); ἄκρη A.R. 2.740; κύματα AP 9.84 (Antiphan.), cf. 278 (Bianor); φάσματα ἀρχαγγέλων Iamb. Myst. 2.3.
      • 2 virile, burly, γενναίους τε καὶ β. τὰ ἤθη Pl. R. 535b; β. γε τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχεις Nicostr. 35; of a woman, μαῖα γενναία καὶ β. masculine, Pl. Tht. 149a; βλοσυρωτάτη τὸ εἶδος, of Boudicca, D.C. 62.2; also, coarse, πίττα Thphr. HP 9.2.3 (Comp.), cf. CP 6.12.5 (Comp.).
      • 3 solemn, dignified, σεμνὸν καὶ β. ὁρᾶν Ael. VH 12.21; of persons, σεμνὴ καὶ β. Aristaenet. 1.7, cf. Him. Or. 23.12. Adv. -ῶς Hld. 10.27.

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