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ὀξύθυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύθυμος ὀξύθυμον

Structure: ὀξυθυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quick to anger, choleric, sharp to punish

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀξύθυμος ὀξύθυμον
Genitive ὀξυθύμου ὀξυθύμου
Dative ὀξυθύμῳ ὀξυθύμῳ
Accusative ὀξύθυμον ὀξύθυμον
Vocative ὀξύθυμε ὀξύθυμον
DualN/A/V ὀξυθύμω ὀξυθύμω
G/D ὀξυθύμοιν ὀξυθύμοιν
PluralNominative ὀξύθυμοι ὀξύθυμα
Genitive ὀξυθύμων ὀξυθύμων
Dative ὀξυθύμοις ὀξυθύμοις
Accusative ὀξυθύμους ὀξύθυμα
Vocative ὀξύθυμοι ὀξύθυμα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀξύθυμος ὀξυθύμου ὀξυθυμότερος ὀξυθυμοτέρου ὀξυθυμότατος ὀξυθυμοτάτου
Adverb ὀξυθύμως ὀξυθυμότερον ὀξυθυμότατα

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

  • μᾶλλον γὰρ ὀξύθυμον εἶναι δεῖ τὸν πατέρα ἢ βαρύθυμον, ὡσ τό γε δυσμενὲσ καὶ δυσκατάλλακτον μισοτεκνίασ οὐ μικρὸν τεκμήριόν ἐστι. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 18 4:1)
  • κερδῶν ἄθικτον τοῦτο βουλευτήριον, αἰδοῖον, ὀξύθυμον, εὑδόντων ὕπερ ἐγρηγορὸσ φρούρημα γῆσ καθίσταμαι. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 8:4)
  • ἄνθρωπον παριόντα ταπεινόν, μεμψίμοιρον, ὀξύθυμον, δειλόν, πάντα μεμφόμενον, πᾶσιν ἐγκαλοῦντα, μηδέποτε ἡσυχίαν ἄγοντα, πέρπερον· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 14:3)
  • πρῶτα μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἡμῶν ζῷον ἠρεθισμένον μᾶλλον ὀξύθυμόν ἐστιν οὐδὲ δυσκολώτερον· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, antepirrheme2)

Synonyms

  1. quick to anger

Related

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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