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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

Declension

First/Third declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀξύς ὀξεῖα ὀξύ
Genitive ὀξέος ὀξείᾱς ὀξέος
Dative ὀξεί ὀξείᾱͅ ὀξεί
Accusative ὀξύν ὀξεῖαν ὀξύ
Vocative ὀξύ ὀξεῖα ὀξύ
DualN/A/V ὀξέε ὀξείᾱ ὀξέε
G/D ὀξέοιν ὀξείαιν ὀξέοιν
PluralNominative ὀξείς ὀξείαι ὀξή
Genitive ὀξέων ὀξειῶν ὀξέων
Dative ὀξέσιν* ὀξείαις ὀξέσιν*
Accusative ὀξείς ὀξείᾱς ὀξή
Vocative ὀξείς ὀξείαι ὀξή
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀξύς ὀξέος ὀξύτερος ὀξυτέρου ὀξύτατος ὀξυτάτου
Adverb ὀξέως ὀξύτερον ὀξύτατα

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

  • ὀξὺσ εὑρεθήσομαι ἐν κρίσει καὶ ἐν ὄψει δυναστῶν θαυμασθήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:11)
  • καὶ ὁ τοξότησ οὐ μὴ ὑποστῇ, καὶ ὁ ὀξὺσ τοῖσ ποσὶν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ διασωθῇ καὶ ὁ ἱππεὺσ οὐ μὴ σώσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 2:15)
  • ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν ὁπόσα ἐπὶ πείρᾳ τῆσ μαντικῆσ ἐπιτεχνῶνται αὐτῷ ἄρνεια κρέα καὶ χελώνασ εἰσ τὸ αὐτὸ ἕψοντεσ, ὥστε εἰ μὴ τὴν ῥῖνα ὀξὺσ ἦν, κἂν ἀπῆλθεν αὐτοῦ ὁ Λυδὸσ καταγελῶν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:10)
  • ὀξὺσ γὰρ ὁ πέλεκύσ ἐστι καὶ οὐκ ἀναιμωτὶ οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν Εἰλήθυιαν μαιώσεταί σε. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:10)
  • κοὐκ ἀνήσω πρὶν ἂν σχοῖνοσ αὐτοῖσιν ἀντεμπαγῶ ὀξὺσ ὀδυνηρὸσ . (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parodos, antistrophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. sharp

  3. quick

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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