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ὀξάλμη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξάλμη

Structure: ὀξαλμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: o)/cos

Sense

  1. a sauce of vinegar and brine

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀξάλμη ὀξάλμᾱ ὀξάλμαι
Genitive ὀξάλμης ὀξάλμαιν ὀξαλμῶν
Dative ὀξάλμῃ ὀξάλμαιν ὀξάλμαις
Accusative ὀξάλμην ὀξάλμᾱ ὀξάλμᾱς
Vocative ὀξάλμη ὀξάλμᾱ ὀξάλμαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἤ με κεραυνῷ διατινθαλέῳ σπόδισον ταχέωσ, κἄπειτ’ ἀνελών μ’ ἀποφυσήσασ εἰσ ὀξάλμην ἔμβαλε θερμήν· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, monody7)
  • Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Ὀδυσσεῦσιν εἴρηκε τὴν ὀξάλμην διὰ τούτων ἀνθ’ ὧν πάντασ ἑλὼν ὑμᾶσ ἐρίηρασ ἑταίρουσ, φρύξασ, ἑψήσασ, κἀπ’ ἀνθρακιᾶσ ὀπτήσασ, εἰσ ἅλμην τε καὶ ὀξάλμην κᾆτ’ ἐσ σκοροδάλμην χλιερὸν ἐμβάπτων, ὃσ ἂν ὀπτότατόσ μοι ἁπάντων ὑμῶν φαίνηται, κατατρώξομαι, ὦ στρατιῶται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 34 3:4)
  • καὶ Ἀριστοφάνησ Σφηξὶν ἀποφυσήσασ εἰσ ὀξάλμην ἔμβαλε θερμήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 34 4:1)
  • μήτρασ ὑείασ οὐκ ἀφεψηθεὶσ τόμοσ, τὴν δηξίθυμον ἐντὸσ ὀξάλμην ἔχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. a sauce of vinegar and brine

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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