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ὀξύφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύφωνος ὀξύφωνον

Structure: ὀξυφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. sharp-voiced, thrilling

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀξύφωνος ὀξύφωνον
Genitive ὀξυφώνου ὀξυφώνου
Dative ὀξυφώνῳ ὀξυφώνῳ
Accusative ὀξύφωνον ὀξύφωνον
Vocative ὀξύφωνε ὀξύφωνον
DualN/A/V ὀξυφώνω ὀξυφώνω
G/D ὀξυφώνοιν ὀξυφώνοιν
PluralNominative ὀξύφωνοι ὀξύφωνα
Genitive ὀξυφώνων ὀξυφώνων
Dative ὀξυφώνοις ὀξυφώνοις
Accusative ὀξυφώνους ὀξύφωνα
Vocative ὀξύφωνοι ὀξύφωνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀξύφωνος ὀξυφώνου ὀξυφωνότερος ὀξυφωνοτέρου ὀξυφωνότατος ὀξυφωνοτάτου
Adverb ὀξυφώνως ὀξυφωνότερον ὀξυφωνότατα

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

  • ἀλλὰ σέ, κάκιστε ἀλεκτρυών, ὁ Ζεὺσ αὐτὸσ ἐπιτρίψειε φθονερὸν οὕτω καὶ ὀξύφωνον ὄντα, ὃσ με πλουτοῦντα καὶ ἡδίστῳ ὀνείρῳ συνόντα καὶ θαυμαστὴν εὐδαιμονίαν εὐδαιμονοῦντα διάτορόν τι καὶ γεγωνὸσ ἀναβοήσασ ἐπήγειρασ, ὡσ μηδὲ νύκτωρ γοῦν τὴν πολὺ σοῦ μιαρωτέραν πενίαν διαφύγοιμι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 1:1)
  • πρῶτοι παρὰ κρατῆρασ Ἑλλήνων ἐν αὐλοῖσ συνοπαδοὶ Πέλοποσ Ματρὸσ ὀρείασ Φρύγιον ἀείσαν νόμον τοὶ δ’ ὀξυφώνοισ πηκτίδων ψαλμοῖσ κρέκον Λύδιον ὕμνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 21 2:1)
  • ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἄρα κοὐ μακρὰν προύκλαιον, ὀξύφωνοσ ὡσ ἀηδών. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • οἷσι δὲ οὐκ ἔνεστι ζωοῦσα ἡ θορὴ, Ῥικνοὶ, ἀσθενέεσ, ὀξύφωνοι, ἄτριχεσ, ἀγένειοι, γυναικώδεισ· δηλοῦσι οἱ εὐνοῦχοι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 133)

Similar forms

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

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