ὄξος
From LSJ
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
English (LSJ)
εος, τό
A, (ὀξύς) poor wine, 'vin ordinaire', Ar.Ach.35 ; κοτύλας τέτταρας ὄξους Δεκελικοῦ Alex.285, cf. X.An.2.3.14, POxy.1275.20 (iii A. D.) ; cf. ὀξίνης 1. 2 vinegar made therefrom, IG12.334.4, A.Ag.322, Hp.Acut.61, Gal.11.413, etc.; ὑπώμνυτο ὁ μὲν οἶνος ὄ. αὑτὸν εἶναι γνήσιον, τὸ δ' ὄ. οἶνον αὑτό Eub.65; σφόδρ' ἐστὶν . . ὁ βίος οἴνῳ προσφερής· ὅταν ᾖ τὸ λοιπὸν μικρόν, ὄ. γίγνεται Antiph.240 ; ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ὄ. ἐγχέων, as a mode of torture, Ar.Ra.620. 3 metaph., of a sour fellow, χὡνὴρ ὄ. ἅπαν Theoc.15.148.
