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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 τὸ μέτωπον ἐσ ὀξὺ ἀπολῆγον εὐπετῶσ πᾶσαν τάξιν πολεμίαν διακόπτειν παρέχει, καὶ τὰσ ἐπιστροφάσ τε καὶ ἀναστροφὰσ ὀξείασ ποιεῖσθαι δίδωσιν. (Arrian, chapter 16 11:1)
  • ἐμπιπλάμενοι γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν ποιημάτων ἐνθουσιασμοῦ παρὰ τὰσ μάχασ ἠφείδουν ἑαυτῶν ὁ δὲ Στωϊκὸσ λόγοσ ἔχει τι πρὸσ τὰσ μεγάλασ φύσεισ καὶ ὀξείασ ἐπισφαλὲσ καὶ παράβολον, βαθεῖ δὲ καὶ πράῳ κεραννύμενοσ ἤθει μάλιστα εἰσ τὸ οἰκεῖον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιδίδωσιν. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 2 3:2)
  • οὐ μὴν ἅπασα λέξισ ἡ καθ’ ἓν μόριον λόγου ταττομένη ἐπὶ τῆσ αὐτῆσ λέγεται τάσεωσ, ἀλλ’ ἣ μὲν ἐπὶ τῆσ ὀξείασ, ἣ δ’ ἐπὶ τῆσ βαρείασ, ἣ δ’ ἐπ’ ἀμφοῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1125)
  • ἐφ’ ἑνὸσ φθόγγου μελῳδεῖται, καίτοι τῶν τριῶν λέξεων ἑκάστη βαρείασ τε τάσεισ ἔχει καὶ ὀξείασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1134)
  • τῇ μέσῃ συλλαβῇ τὴν τρίτην ὁμότονον ἔχει, ἀμηχάνου ὄντοσ ἓν ὄνομα δύο λαβεῖν ὀξείασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1135)

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