COMPOUND: γλαυκῶπις, -ιδος
CATEGORIZATION: A [A+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘with gleaming eyes’
ETYMOLOGY: adj. root γλαυκ- (γλαυκός, –ή, –όν) ‘gleaming’ + noun root ωπ- (ὤψ, ὠπός) ‘eye, face’ + adj. suf. -ις (only feminine)
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 206; II, 166, 172, 279; 446; IV, 439; V, 29, 133, 405, 420, 719, 793, 825, 853; VI 88; VII, 17, 33, 43; VIII, 30, 357, 373, 406, 420; IX, 390; X, 482, 553; XI, 729; XVII, 567; XVIII, 227; XX, 69; XXII, 177, 214, 238, 446; XXIII, 769; XXIV, 26; Od. I, 44, 80, 156, 178, 221, 314, 319, 364; II, 382, 393, 399, 420, 433; III, 13, 25, 135, 218, 229, 330, 356, 371; IV, 795; V, 427, 437; VI, 13, 24, 41, 47, 112; VII, 19, 27, 47, 78; XI, 626; XIII, 236, 287, 329, 361, 374, 389, 392, 420; XV, 9, 292; XVI, 451; XVIII, 158, 187; XIX, 604; XX, 44; XXI, 1, 358; XXIII, 242, 344; XXIV, 516, 518, 540, 541
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. sg., gen. f. sg., dat. f. sg., acc. f. sg., voc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: epith. of Athena