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ὀξύχειρ?

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration: oxycheir

Principal Part: ὀξύχειρ ὀξύχειρος

Sense

  1. quick with the hands, quick to strike
  2. quick, of the hands

Examples

  • Οὕτως ὀξύχειρ ἐστὶ καθάπερ ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ ἐκ μελετήσας τὴν κλεπτικήν· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:9)
  • τἀλλότρια γίνετ ὀξύχειρ κοὐκ ἐγκρατής: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 37 5:1)
  • εἶτα ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνθρώπου παρωξυμμένος ὀξύχειρ λίαν καὶ πάροινός ἐστιν, ἀνάγκη δὲ ἀμύνασθαι. (Lysias, Speeches, 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. quick

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

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