ὄφις
"a serpent, snake", Il., Hdt., Trag.:—metaph., πτηνὸν ὄφιν, of an arrow, Aesch.
Etym. The first syll. is sometimes made long, when it was pronounced (and perh. ought to be written) ὄπφις, v. ὀχέω.
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers
ὄφις
"a serpent, snake", Il., Hdt., Trag.:—metaph., πτηνὸν ὄφιν, of an arrow, Aesch.
Etym. The first syll. is sometimes made long, when it was pronounced (and perh. ought to be written) ὄπφις, v. ὀχέω.