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ὀξυωπής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: oxyōpēs

Principal Part: ὀξυωπής ὀξυωπές

Structure: ὀξυωπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ὤψ

Sense

  1. sharp-sighted

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀξυωπής ὀξύωπες
Genitive ὀξυωπούς ὀξυώπους
Dative ὀξυωπεί ὀξυώπει
Accusative ὀξυωπή ὀξύωπες
Vocative ὀξυωπές ὀξύωπες
DualN/A/V ὀξυωπεί ὀξυώπει
G/D ὀξυωποίν ὀξυώποιν
PluralNominative ὀξυωπείς ὀξυώπη
Genitive ὀξυωπών ὀξυώπων
Dative ὀξυωπέσι(ν) ὀξυώπεσι(ν)
Accusative ὀξυωπείς ὀξυώπη
Vocative ὀξυωπείς ὀξυώπη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀξυωπής ὀξυωπούς ὀξυωπέστερος ὀξυωπεστέρου ὀξυωπέστατος ὀξυωπεστάτου
Adverb ὀξυωπέως ὀξυωπέστερον ὀξυωπέστατα

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

  • "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)
  • καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἐντὸς ὀξυωπεστάτους εἶναι, τοὺς δ ἐκτὸς κακοηθεστάτους: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 1:5)
  • "τῶν δ ἐν τῇ καλῇ Ῥώμῃ καλλιστρουθίων καλουμένων σύκων εἰ ὁ Λυγκεὺς ἐγεύσατο ὥσπερ ἐγώ, ὀξυωπέστερος ἂν ἐγεγόνει παρὰ πολὺ τοῦ ὁμωνύμου: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 635)
  • "οὗτοι δὲ προσεποιοῦντο μήτε ὀξὺ ὁρᾶν παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον, ἐπεὶ ὁ Διονύσιος οὐκ ἦν ὀξυώπης, ἔψαυόν τε τῶν παρακειμένων ὡς οὐχ ὁρῶντες, ἑώς ὁ Διονύσιος αὐτῶν τὰς χεῖρας πρὸς τὰ λεκάνια προσῆγεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 55 3:4)

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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