ὀξύτης

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A sharpness, pointedness, of acute angles, Pl.Ti. 61e, cf. 56d.    II of the senses,    1 of sound, sharpness, opp. βαρύτης, Id.Phlb. 17c, Tht. 163c.    2 of taste, pungency, acidity, in pl., Hp.VM19, Acut.61, cf. Gal.11.656.    3 of sight, Arist.HA 492a4.    III metaph., sharpness, cleverness, τῆς ψυχῆς Phld.Rh. 2.31 S. ; σκέψεως ibid.; διαφέροντα τῇ τέχνῃ τῇ τ' ὀξύτητι Philosteph. Com.I; ὀ. ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Luc.Im.17.    IV quickness, of motion, action, or occurrence, Critias 37 D., Pl.Chrm.160b, Plt.306c, al.; ταῖς ὀξύτησι . . ἀκολουθεῖν D.24.95 ; ἡ ὀ. τοῦ καιροῦ the pressing occasion, Plu.Pyrrh. 2, D.S.15.43.    V = ὀξεῖα, ἡ, v. ὀξύς 11.3d, A.D.Adv. 138.16, cf. Arist.Po.1456b33 : pl., Pl.Cra.399a.

German (Pape)

[Seite 355] ητος, ἡ, die Schärfe, Spitze; γωνιῶν, Plat. Tim. 61 e; vom Tone, die Höhe, Ggstz von βαρύτης, Phil. 17 c Theaet. 163 b; die Schnelligkeit, καὶ τάχος, Charm. 160 b; ἡ δ' ἀγχίνοια οὐχὶ ὀξύτης τίς ἐστι τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ ἡσυχία, ibd. a, schnelle Beweglichkeit; ὁ ὄχλος ὀξύτητι καὶ πικρίᾳ διαφέρων, Pol. 6, 44, 9; ψυχῆς, Scharfsinn, D. L. 8, 13; – ἐὰν παρῶσι τὴν ὀξύτητα τῶν καιρῶν, D. Sic. 15, 43, der schnell vorübergehende günstige Augenblick, vgl. ταῖς ὀξύτησι καὶ τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου καιροῖς ἀκολουθεῖν, Dem. 94, 95.