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ὀξύθηκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύθηκτος ὀξύθηκτον

Structure: ὀξυθηκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sharp-edged, sharp-pointed
  2. goaded to passion, infuriated

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀξύθηκτος ὀξύθηκτον
Genitive ὀξυθήκτου ὀξυθήκτου
Dative ὀξυθήκτῳ ὀξυθήκτῳ
Accusative ὀξύθηκτον ὀξύθηκτον
Vocative ὀξύθηκτε ὀξύθηκτον
DualN/A/V ὀξυθήκτω ὀξυθήκτω
G/D ὀξυθήκτοιν ὀξυθήκτοιν
PluralNominative ὀξύθηκτοι ὀξύθηκτα
Genitive ὀξυθήκτων ὀξυθήκτων
Dative ὀξυθήκτοις ὀξυθήκτοις
Accusative ὀξυθήκτους ὀξύθηκτα
Vocative ὀξύθηκτοι ὀξύθηκτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀξύθηκτος ὀξυθήκτου ὀξυθηκτότερος ὀξυθηκτοτέρου ὀξυθηκτότατος ὀξυθηκτοτάτου
Adverb ὀξυθήκτως ὀξυθηκτότερον ὀξυθηκτότατα

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

  • παλίρρουσ δὲ τάνδ’ ὑπάγεται δίκα διαδρόμου λέχουσ μέλεον ἃ πόσιν χρόνιον ἱκόμενον εἰσ οἴκουσ Κυκλώπειά τ’ οὐράνια τείχε’ ὀξυθήκτου βέλουσ ἔκανεν αὐτόχειρ, πέλεκυν ἐν χεροῖν λαβοῦσ’· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe1)
  • ἡ δ’ ὀξυθήκτῳ βωμία περὶ ξίφει λύει κελαινὰ βλέφαρα, κωκύσασα μὲν τοῦ πρὶν θανόντοσ Μεγαρέωσ κλεινὸν λάχοσ, αὖθισ δὲ τοῦδε, λοίσθιον δὲ σοὶ κακὰσ πράξεισ ἐφυμνήσασα τῷ παιδοκτόνῳ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 25)

Synonyms

  1. sharp-edged

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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