Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύθυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύθυμος ὀξύθυμον

Structure: ὀξυθυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quick to anger, choleric, sharp to punish

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ τούτων μὲν τάχ’ ἡμῖν δώσετον καλὴν δίκην, οὐκέτ’ ἐσ μακρὰν ἵν’ εἰδῆθ’ οἱο͂́σ ἐστ’ ἀνδρῶν τρόποσ ὀξυθύμων καὶ δικαίων καὶ βλεπόντων κάρδαμα. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, trochees 1:15)

Synonyms

  1. quick to anger

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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