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ὀξυβελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυβελής ὀξυβελές

Structure: ὀξυβελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: be/los

Sense

  1. sharp-pointed

Examples

  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ βουλόμενόσ γε μὴ δοκεῖν ἑτέρων ἀφειδεῖν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ συγκινδυνεύειν τοῖσ μαχομένοισ, διελαύνεται τὸν τράχηλον ὀξυβελεῖ. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 40 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. sharp-pointed

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

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