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ὀξύμολπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύμολπος ὀξύμολπον

Structure: ὀξυμολπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/lpw

Sense

  1. clear-singing

Examples

  • οὕτω πετηνῶν τόνδ’ ὑπ’ οἰωνῶν δοκεῖ ταφέντ’ ἀτίμωσ τοὐπιτίμιον λαβεῖν, καὶ μήθ’ ὁμαρτεῖν τυμβοχόα χειρώματα μήτ’ ὀξυμόλποισ προσσέβειν οἰμώγμασιν, ἄτιμον εἶναι δ’ ἐκφορᾶσ φίλων ὕπο. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode8)

Synonyms

  1. clear-singing

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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