Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύρροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύρροπος ὀξύρροπον

Structure: ὀξυρροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/pw

Sense

  1. turning quickly, sudden and quick, sudden

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ ναυτικὸν αὐτοῖσ ἐπήχησεν, οὐ προειδότεσ μὲν ἅπαντεσ ἴσωσ, ὀξύρροποι δ’ ὄντεσ ἐσ μεταβολὰσ καὶ τὸ δυστυχοῦν ὑπερορῶντεσ, ἐν δὲ τῷ καινῷ τὸ εὐέλπι ἀεὶ τιθέμενοι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 16 5:8)
  • ἀλλ’ οἵ τε ὀξεῖσ ὥσπερ οὗτοσ καὶ ἀγχίνοι καὶ μνήμονεσ ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ὀργὰσ ὀξύρροποί εἰσι, καὶ ᾄττοντεσ φέρονται ὥσπερ τὰ ἀνερμάτιστα πλοῖα, καὶ μανικώτεροι ἢ ἀνδρειότεροι φύονται, οἵ τε αὖ ἐμβριθέστεροι νωθροί πωσ ἀπαντῶσι πρὸσ τὰσ μαθήσεισ καὶ λήθησ γέμοντεσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 15:4)

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

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