ὀξυηχής
From LSJ
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
ές,
A sharp-sounding, of high notes, Philostr.VS1.8.1 :
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀξυηχής: -ές, ὁ ὀξέως ἠχῶν, ἐπὶ φωνῆς ὀξείας, Φιλόστρ. 489· ὀξύηχος, ον, Ἀλεξ. Ἀφρ. Προβλ. 1. 97.
Greek Monolingual
ὀξυηχής, -ές (Α)
οξύηχος, αυτός που ηχεί οξέως, που έχει οξεία φωνή, οξύφωνος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οξυ- + -ηχής (< ἦχος), πβλ. πολυ-ηχής].
