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ὀξεῖα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξεῖα ὀξείᾱς

Structure: ὀξει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. oxia (the acute accent, indicating high or rising pitch)

Declension

First declension

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

  • καὶ ἐρρύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ μέσου σκύμνων. ἐκοιμήθην τεταραγμένοσ. υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων, οἱ ὀδόντεσ αὐτῶν ὅπλα καὶ βέλη, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν μάχαιρα ὀξεῖα. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 56:5)
  • ἀνελεήμων θυμὸσ καὶ ὀξεῖα ὀργή, ἀλλ̓ οὐδένα ὑφίσταται ζῆλοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 27:4)
  • ὧν τί ἂν γένοιτο ἐπαλγέστερον̣ ὀξεῖα γὰρ καὶ σύντομοσ ἡ τοῦ πυρὸσ οὖσα δύναμισ ταχέωσ διέλυε τά σώματα. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 14:10)
  • τῶν ἵπποι μὲν ἔπειθ’ ὑπεναντίοι ἀλλήλοισιν ὀξεῖα χρέμισαν, περὶ δέ σφισιν ἄγνυτο ἠχώ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 32:7)
  • ὁπότε δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν ἐπελαύνοιεν, τότε δὴ πᾶσ ὁ ἀκροβολισμὸσ ἀρίδηλοσ γίγνεται, καὶ τῶν θυρεῶν ἡ προβολή, καὶ ἡ ἐκ τῆσ ἀριστερᾶσ χειρὸσ ἐσ τὴν δεξιὰν ὕφεσισ τῶν ἀκοντίων ὀξεῖα, καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ ὅπωσ αὐτὰ ὑπολαβοῦσα καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ περιενεγκοῦσα ὥσπερ ἐν τροχοῦ περιδινήσει ὁμοῦ μὲν ἐξηκόντισεν, ὁμοῦ δὲ ὑπέλαβεν τὸ λειφθέν, καὶ τοῦτο αὖ ὑπερενεγκοῦσα ἐξηκόντισεν. (Arrian, chapter 38 5:1)

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