Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύστομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύστομος ὀξύστομον

Structure: ὀξυστομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/ma

Sense

  1. sharp-toothed, sharp-fanged, sharp-edged

Examples

  • εὐθὺσ δὲ μορφὴ καὶ φρένεσ διάστροφοι ἦσαν, κεραστὶσ δ’, ὡσ ὁρᾶτ’, ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσ’ ἐμμανεῖ σκιρτήματι ᾖσσον πρὸσ εὔποτόν τε Κερχνείασ ῥέοσ Λέρνησ τε κρήνην · (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 4:3)

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

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