Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξυκάρδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυκάρδιος ὀξυκάρδιον

Structure: ὀξυκαρδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kardi/a

Sense

Examples

  • εἰᾶ́ νυν ὦ ξυνδικασταὶ σφῆκεσ ὀξυκάρδιοι, οἱ μὲν ἐσ τὸν πρωκτὸν αὐτῶν ἐσπέτεσθ’ ὠργισμένοι, οἱ δὲ τὠφθαλμὼ κύκλῳ κεντεῖτε καὶ τοὺσ δακτύλουσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, trochees 1:1)
  • ἐμοιράσαντο δ’ ὀξυκάρδιοι κτήμαθ’, ὥστ’ ἴσον λαχεῖν. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 23)

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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