Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύφωνος ὀξύφωνον

Structure: ὀξυφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. sharp-voiced, thrilling

Examples

  • ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἄρα κοὐ μακρὰν προύκλαιον, ὀξύφωνοσ ὡσ ἀηδών. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral, antistrophe 21)

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

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