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ὀξυδερκής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυδερκής ὀξυδερκές

Structure: ὀξυδερκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: de/rkomai

Sense

  1. quick-sighted

Examples

  • καὶ τοῦτο γὰρ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαί σοι καὶ ὀξυδερκέστατον ἐν βραχεῖ σε ^ ἀποφανῶ παρ’ Ὁμήρου τινὰ καὶ πρὸσ τοῦτο ἐπῳδὴν λαβών, κἀπειδὰν εἴπω τὰ ἔπη, μέμνησο μηκέτι ἀμβλυώττειν, ἀλλὰ σαφῶσ πάντα ὁρᾶν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 7:2)
  • "ἀτὰρ οἶσθα ὅ τι δράσασ ὀξυδερκὴσ γενήσῃ; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 13:12)
  • "τὸ γὰρ ὀξυδερκὲσ αὐτὸσ ἤδη γῆθεν ἥκεισ ἔχων. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 14:3)
  • "ἢν γὰρ ἐθελήσῃσ μικρὸν ἀναστὰσ ἐπισχὼν τοῦ γυπὸσ τὴν πτέρυγα θατέρᾳ μόνῃ πτερύξασθαι, κατὰ λόγον τῆσ πτέρυγοσ τὸν δεξιὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ὀξυδερκὴσ ἔσῃ· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 14:13)
  • ἔχαιρον δ’ αὖ ὥσπερ ^ ἐκ ζοφεροῦ τινοσ ἀέροσ τοῦ βίου τοῦ πρόσθεν ἐσ αἰθρίαν τε καὶ μέγα φῶσ ἀναβλέπων ὥστε δή, τὸ καινότατον, τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ μὲν καὶ τῆσ περὶ αὐτὸν ἀσθενείασ ἐπελανθανόμην, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ὀξυδερκέστεροσ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐγιγνόμην ἐλελήθειν γάρ τέωσ αὐτὴν τυφλώττουσαν περιφέρων. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 4:4)
  • τοιγαροῦν ὠνητέοσ εἶ σοφὸσ καὶ ὀξυδερκήσ τισ ὤν. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 17:22)
  • Ὀξυδερκὴσ τότε πωσ καὶ ἀρτίπουσ γίνομαι πρὸσ μόνον τὸν καιρὸν τῆσ φυγῆσ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 25:5)

Synonyms

  1. quick-sighted

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

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