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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 ὁ μὲν πλεῖστοσ ἦν λόγοσ τῶν παρόντων, ὅτι φόβον τὸ πάθοσ οὐ θυμὸν ἐνεργάζεται τοῖσ ἵπποισ, καὶ γιγνόμενοι ψοφοδεεῖσ καὶ πρὸσ ἅπαν εὐπτόητοι τὰσ ὁρμὰσ ὀξυρρόπουσ καὶ ταχείασ ἴσχουσιν, ὥσπερ τὰ λινόπληκτα τῶν θηρίων. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 2:2)

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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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