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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

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 ὀξυωπέσιν* ὀξυώπεσιν*
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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