Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξυλάλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυλάλος ὀξυλάλον

Structure: ὀξυλαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. glib of tongue

Examples

  • ἦ που δεινὸν ἐριβρεμέτασ χόλον ἔνδοθεν ἕξει, ἡνίκ’ ἂν ὀξύλαλον παρίδῃ θήγοντοσ ὀδόντα ἀντιτέχνου· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Choral, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. glib of tongue

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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