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ὀξύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύς ὀξεῖα ὀξύ

Structure: ὀξυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: akin to w)ku/s

Sense

  1. sharp, pointed (especially of swords, axes, etc.)
  2. (of the senses): sharp, keen
  3. quick, hasty, swift
  4. sharp, clever

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Βοόζ. ἤδη ὥρα τοῦ φαγεῖν, πρόσελθε ὧδε καὶ φάγεσαι τῶν ἄρτων καὶ βάψεισ τὸν ψωμόν σου ἐν τῷ ὄξει. καὶ ἐκάθισε Ροὺθ ἐκ πλαγίων τῶν θεριζόντων, καὶ ἐβούνισεν αὐτῇ Βοὸζ ἄλφιτον, καὶ ἔφαγε καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη καὶ κατέλιπε. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 2:14)
  • ἀκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο, ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέ με εἰσ τὰ γόνατα, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπ̓ ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 16:10)
  • ταῦτα γὰρ μόνα διαρκεῖ πρὸσ τὸ δίψοσ καὶ ἀνέχεται ἐπὶ πολὺ ταλαιπωρούμενα ὑπὸ πολλῷ καὶ ὀξεῖ τῷ ἡλίῳ. (Lucian, Dipsades 3:2)
  • εὖτ’ ἂν δὴ Κύκνον γλυκερῆσ αἰῶνοσ ἀμέρσῃσ, τὸν μὲν ἔπειτ’ αὐτοῦ λιπέειν καὶ τεύχεα τοῖο, αὐτὸσ δὲ βροτολοιγὸν Ἄρην ἐπιόντα δοκεύσασ, ἔνθα κε γυμνωθέντα σάκευσ ὕπο δαιδαλέοιο ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδῃσ, ἔνθ’ οὐτάμεν ὀξέι χαλκῷ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 31:4)
  • τῶν δὲ καὶ οἱ ὀδόντεσ σιδήρῳ ὀξεῖ ὡπλισμένοι ἦσαν, τοῦ τε τομώτεροι εἶναι καὶ τοῦ μὴ ἀποθραύεσθαι εὐπετῶσ. (Arrian, chapter 2 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. sharp

  2. quick

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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