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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

  • Ὁκόταν δὲ ἐσ τέκμαρσιν λέγηται ὡσ χρὴ ἕκαστα ἰητρεύειν, ἐν τουτέοισι πολλὰ ἑτεροίωσ γιγνώσκω ἢ ὡσ ἐκεῖνοι ἐπεξῄεσαν‧ καὶ οὐ μοῦνον διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπαινέω, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ὀλίγοισι τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῖσιν ἀκέεσιν ἐχρέοντο‧ τὰ γὰρ πλεῖστα αὐτέοισιν εἰρέαται πλὴν τῶν ὀξειῶν νούσων, φάρμακα ἐλατήρια διδόναι καὶ ὀῤῬὸν καὶ γάλα ἐσ τὴν ὡρ́ην πιπίσκειν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 1.3)
  • τῶν μὲν οὖν Ἐχινάδων καὶ τῶν Ὀξειῶν κατὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ Μέγητα ἄρχειν φησὶν Ὅμηροσ ὃν τίκτε Διὶ φίλοσ ἱππότα Φυλεύσ, ὅσ ποτε Δουλίχιόνδ’ ἀπενάσσατο, πατρὶ χολωθείσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 2 26:11)

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