οξύφωνος

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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνονAnaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

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Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (Α ὀξύφωνος, -ον)
αυτός που έχει οξεία, διαπεραστική φωνήὀξύφωνος ὡς ἀηδών», Σοφ.)
νεοελλ.
το αρσ. ως ουσ. ο οξύφωνος
ο αοιδός που έχει ψιλή ανδρική φωνή, ο τενόρος, σε αντιδιαστολή προς τον βαρύτονο ή βαθύφωνο
αρχ.
αυτός που έχει λεπτή φωνή («τὰ θήλεα ὀξυφωνότερα», Αριστοτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οξυ- + -φωνος (< φωνή), πρβλ. βαθύ-φωνος].