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ὀξύτης

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύτης ὀξύτητος

Structure: ὀξυτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)cu/s

Sense

  1. (of angles) sharpness, pointedness
  2. (of senses) sharpness, (of sound) highness, intensity
  3. (of taste, plural) pungency, acidity
  4. (of sight) acuity

Declension

Third declension

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

  • δοκεῖ γάρ μοι ὁ παλαιὸσ μῦθοσ καὶ Πρωτέα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον οὐκ ἄλλο τι ἢ ὀρχηστήν τινα γενέσθαι λέγειν, μιμητικὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ πρὸσ πάντα σχηματίζεσθαι καὶ μεταβάλλεσθαι δυνάμενον, ὡσ καὶ ὕδατοσ ὑγρότητα μιμεῖσθαι καὶ πυρὸσ ὀξύτητα ἐν τῇ τῆσ κινήσεωσ σφοδρότητι καὶ λέοντοσ ἀγριότητα καὶ παρδάλεωσ θυμὸν καὶ δένδρου δόνημα, καὶ ὅλωσ ὅ τι καὶ θελήσειεν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 19:2)
  • ἐπὶ τούτοισ δὲ τῆσ συνεχείασ τοῦ ἐξακοντισμοῦ μελέτη τε καὶ ἐπίδειξισ ποιεῖται ἐκ τῶν ἱππέων οὐ πάντων ‐ οὐ γὰρ πάντεσ ἐπιτήδειοι ἐσ τήνδε τὴν ὀξύτητα ‐ , ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὅσοι αὐτῶν ἄκροι ἐσ ἱππικήν. (Arrian, chapter 40 11:1)
  • καὶ τάφρον δὲ διαπηδᾶν μελετῶσιν αὐτοῖσ οἱ ἵπποι καὶ τειχίον ὑπεράλλεσθαι, καὶ ἐνὶ λόγῳ, οὐκ ἐστιν ὅτι Ῥωμαίοισ τῶν τε παλαιῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων, ὅ τι περ ἐκλελειμμένον, οὐκ ἐξ ὑπαρχῆσ ἐπασκεῖται, καὶ ὅσα ἤδη προσεξεύρηται ἐκ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, τὰ μὲν ἐσ κάλλοσ τὰ δὲ ἐσ ὀξύτητα, τὰ δὲ ἐσ ἔκπληξιν τὰ δὲ ἐσ χρείαν τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ. (Arrian, chapter 44 4:1)
  • τοὺσ μὲν γὰρ αἰγωποὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρὸσ ὀξύτητα μὲν ὄψεωσ εὖ πεφυκέναι, τὰ δ’ ἤθη βελτίστουσ εἶναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 1:3)
  • οἳ δὲ τήν τε λαμπρότητα τῶν ὅπλων ἐκπλαγέντεσ καὶ τῆσ ἐφόδου τὴν ὀξύτητα καὶ πρὸσ τῶν τοξευμάτων τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων βελέων βαλλόμενοι, οἱᾶ δὴ ἡμίγυμνοι ἄνθρωποι, οὐδὲ ὀλίγον ἐσ ἀλκὴν τραπέντεσ ἐγκλίνουσι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 24 8:1)

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