Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξυδερκής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυδερκής ὀξυδερκές

Structure: ὀξυδερκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: de/rkomai

Sense

  1. quick-sighted

Examples

  • "ἀτὰρ οἶσθα ὅ τι δράσασ ὀξυδερκὴσ γενήσῃ; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 13:12)
  • "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)
  • 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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