Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύχολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύχολος ὀξύχολον

Structure: ὀξυχολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quick to anger

Examples

  • καὶ νῦν ὥσπερ ἐπέμφθησ, σόβει ἐσ Αργοσ, εἶτα ἐσ τὴν Βοιωτίαν, μὴ καὶ πληγὰσ βραδύνων λάβῃσ ὀξύχολοι γὰρ οἱ ἐρῶντεσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. quick to anger

Related

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

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