Œnophyta

English

Alternative forms

• Oenophyta, Oinofyta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οἰνόφυτα (Oinóphuta).

Proper noun

Œnophyta

1. (archaic) Grecian village located in the eastern region of Boeotia.
   • 1795, William Mitford, The History of Greece, third edition, chapter XII, § III, page 410–411:

     On the ſixty‐ſecond day after the unfortunate action of Tanagra, he met the Bœotian army, much more numerous than his own, at Œnophyta, and gained a complete victory.