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ὀξυόδους

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: ὀξῠόδους Medium diacritics: ὀξυόδους Low diacritics: οξυόδους Capitals: ΟΞΥΟΔΟΥΣ
Transliteration A: oxyódous Transliteration B: oxyodous Transliteration C: oksyodous Beta Code: o)cuo/dous

English (LSJ)

όδοντος, ὁ, ἡ, with sharp teeth; in Nonn. D. 40.484, with a neut.Subst. ὀξυόεις, εσσα, εν, (ὀξύη) with beechen shaft, beechen, ἔγχεα ὀξυόεντα Il.5.568, cf. 50, etc.; δουρὶ μετάλμενος ὀξυόεντι 14.443, cf. Eust.1951.2, Hsch.: the deriv. from ὀξύς is less probable.

German (Pape)

[Seite 353] οντος, scharf-, spitzzähnig, Nonn. D. 40, 484; B. A. 442, Erkl. von ἀργιόδους, wie Tzetz. in Lycophr. 34.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀξυόδους: -οντος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἔχων ὀδόντας ὀξεῖς· παρὰ Νόνν. ἐν Διον. 40. 484, μετ’ οὐδετ. οὐσιαστ., πρβλ. Λοβ. Παραλ. 248.

Greek Monolingual

ὀξυόδους, ό, ἡ (ΑΜ)
αυτός που έχει αιχμηρά, κοφτερά δόντια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οξυ- + ὀδούς, ὀδόντος (πρβλ. πυκνόδους)].