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ὀξυωπής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυωπής ὀξυωπές

Structure: ὀξυωπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. sharp-sighted

Examples

  • "παρὰ πολὺ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων ἀετόσ ἐστιν ὀξυωπέστατοσ, ὥστε μόνοσ ἀντίον δέδορκε τῷ ἡλίῳ, καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ὁ γνήσιοσ καὶ βασιλεὺσ ἀετόσ, ἢν ἀσκαρδαμυκτὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ἀκτῖνασ βλέπῃ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 14:10)

Synonyms

  1. sharp-sighted

Similar forms

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

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