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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[wood sorrel]], [[Oxalis Acetosella]], Plin.''HN''27.112.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ὀξύσχοινος]], [[great sea-rush]], [[Juncus acutus]], ib.21.113.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ὀξαλίς]], [[sorrel]], [[Rumex acetosa]], Gal.11.667.[[ὀξύς]], [[ὀξεῖα]], [[ὀξύ]], Ion. fem.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὀξέα Hdt.9.23, al., [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hp.''Mul.''1.64, al. (in codd. freq. [[ὀξέη]], and so Babr.73.1 metri gr.): [[ὀξεῖα]], ''poet.'' for neut. pl. [[ὀξέα]], Hes.''Sc.''348:—[[sharp]], [[keen]], whether of a [[point]] or an [[edge]], in Hom. and Hes. mostly of weapons or anything made of [[metal]], ἄκων Il.10.335, al.; [[ἄορ]] 21.173, Hes.''Sc.''457; βέλος Il.4.185, etc.; also of non-metallic substances, λᾶας 16.739; μοχλός Od.9.382; σκόλοπες Il. 12.56,64; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖα κορυφή</b>, of a [[mountain]]-[[peak]], Od.12.74; so πάγοι ὀξέες 5.411; <b class="b3">λίθος ὀξὺς πεποιημένος</b> [[sharpened]] so as to serve as a knife, Hdt. 7.69, cf. 3.8; <b class="b3">κυρβασίας ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας</b> brought to a [[point]], Id.7.64; ὄρεα ἐς ὀ. τὰς κορυφὰς ἀ. Id.2.28; <b class="b3">τὸ ὀ.</b> the [[apex]] of a [[triangle]], ib.16; of the heart, Arist.''Resp.''478b5; τὸ ὀ. τοῦ ᾠοῦ Id.''GA''752b8; <b class="b3">ὀ. γωνία</b> an [[acute]] [[angle]], Id.''Top.''107a16, al., Euc.1 ''Def.''12, Archim. ''Spir.''16; Χρόνος ὀξὺς ὀδόντας Simon.176; ἡ [[ὀξεῖα]], name of a [[surgical]] [[instrument]], ''Hermes'' 38.282, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.23.59; but also, a [[pointed splinter]] of bone, ib.46.20.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in reference to the senses,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[feeling]], [[sharp]], [[keen]], ὀδύναι Il.11.268; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἠέλιος</b> the [[piercing]] [[sun]], ''h.Ap.''374; <b class="b3">ὀξειᾶν ἀκτίνων πατήρ</b>, i.e. the Sun, Pi.''O.''7.70; Σείριος ὀξὺς ἐλλάμπων Archil.61; [[πῦρ]] ὀ. Anaxipp.1.12; so χιὼν ὀξεῖα Pi.''P.''1.20; so also of grief and the like, ἄχος Il.19.125; μελεδῶναι Od.19.517: and generally, [[sharp]], [[severe]], μάχη ὀξέα.. γίνεται [[keenly contested]], Hdt.9.23; ὀ. πυρετός Hp.''VM''16 (Sup.); [ἡ νόσος] ὀξεῖα φοιτᾷ καὶ ταχεῖ' ἀπέρχεται S.''Ph.''808; [[νόσοι]], [[μανίαι]], Pi.''O.''8.85, ''N.''11.48 (Comp.), cf. Hp.''Acut.''tit., Archig. ap. Gal.9.887; πάθαι Pi.''P.''3.97; ἐπιμομφά Id.''O.''10(11).9, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the sight, ὀξύτατον ὄμμα Id.''N.''10.62; ὄψις.. ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος.. αἰσθήσεων Pl.''Phdr.'' 250d: freq. in neut. as adverb, <b class="b3">ὀξύτατον δέρκεσθαι</b> to be [[keenest]] of sight, Il.17.675; ὀξύτατα καθορᾶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 516c; so <b class="b3">ὀξὺ νοεῖν</b> notice a thing [[sharply]], Il.3.374; ὀξὺ προϊδεῖν Od.5.393; ὀξύτερον βλέπει Ar.''Pl.''1048, ''Lys.''1202 (lyr.): [[proverb|prov.]], ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως βλέπειν Id.''Pl.''210, cf. Macar.''Prov.''6.41; also <b class="b3">ὀξὺ ἄκουσεν</b> heard [[with sharp ear]], Il.17.256, cf. Pl.''Lg.''927b; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖαν ἀκοὴν.. λόγοις διδούς</b> [[keen]] attention, S.''El.'' 30.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of things that affect the sight, [[dazzling]], [[bright]], αὐγὴ Ἠελίου Il.17.372; [Ἠελίου] ὀξύτατον πέλεται φάος εἰσοράασθαι 14.345: hence of colours, Ar.''Pax''1173 (v. [[φοινικίς]] 2); αἱ ὀξεῖαι χροιαί Arist. ''Phgn.''806b4; πορφύρα Plu.''Cat.Mi.''6, ''PHolm.''20.36; [ἐσθὴς] ὀξυτέρα καὶ τηλαυγεστέρα Ael.''NA''4.46.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of sound, [[shrill]], [[piercing]], ἀϋτή Il.15.313; ὀξὺ βοήσας 17.89; ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα 18.71; ὀξὺ λεληκώς 22.141; ὀξέα κεκληγώς 17.88, etc.; of whinnying horses, ὀξεῖα χρέμισαν Hes.''Sc.''348; of young pigs, ὀξὺ κεκράγατε [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''804; of the scream of birds of prey, ὀξέα κλάζων S.''Ant.''112 (anap.); of metals, ἰάχεσκε σάκος ὀξέα καὶ λιγέως Hes.''Sc.''233; also of the [[wail]] of the [[nightingale]] (cf. [[ὀξύφωνος]]), ὄρνιθος ὀ. φθόγγον S.''Ant.''424; so <b class="b3">ἐπηλάλαξαν τὸν ὀ. νόμον</b> [[shriek]]ed their [[shrill]] [[song]], A.''Th.''952 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὀξὺ μέλος</b>, of the grasshopper, Ar.''Av.''1095 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of musical tones, in a technical sense, [[high-pitched]], opp. βαρύς, φθόγγοι Pl.''Ti.''80a, X. ''Cyn.''6.20; ὀξυτάτη [[χορδή]] Pl.''Phdr.''268d; φωνὴ ὀξεῖα, βαρεῖα, μέση Arist.''Rh.''1403b29; τῷ ὀξεῖ ἐν φωνῇ μὲν ἐναντίον τὸ βαρύ, ἐν ὄγκῳ δὲ τὸ ἀμβλύ Id.''Top.''106a13.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in Music, <b class="b3">δι' ὀξειῶν</b> (Dor. -ᾶν) [[interval of a fifth]], Philol.6, Arist.''Pr.''920a24.<br><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ὀξεῖα</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[προσῳδία]]) the [[acute]] accent, D.T.630.1, A.D.''Pron.''35.10, al.; <b class="b3">τὸν τόνον φυλάσσειν ὀ.</b> ib.60.1; ὀ. συλλαβή [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''399b; ὀ. στοιχεῖον S.E.''M.''1.113.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of taste, [[sharp]], [[pungent]], [[acid]], φακῆ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.2.31; ὄξος Diph.18.1; οἶνος Alex. 141.12; ἐξ ὀξέος καὶ ἁλμυροῦ ξυνθεὶς ζύμωμα Pl.''Ti.''74c.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of smell, Arist.''de An.''421a30; ὀξύτατον ὄζειν τινός [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''193.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., of the inner sense, [[sharp]], [[keen]], [[hasty]], esp. [[quick to anger]], [[passionate]], [[epithet]] of Ares, Il.2.440,al.; μένος ὀξύ ''h.Hom.''8.14; καρδίη ὀξυτέρη Thgn.366; θυμὸς ὀ. S.''OC''1193; νέος καὶ ὀ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 463e; οἱ ἀκρόχολοι ὀξεῖς [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1126a18: so in [[ὀξύθυμος]], [[ὀξυκάρδιος]], [[ὀξύχολος]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sharp]], [[quick]], δεινοὶ καὶ ὀξεῖς Pl.''Ap.''39b: c. inf., ἐπινοῆσαι ὀ. Th.1.70; γνῶναι.. ὀξύτατοι τὰ ῥηθέντα D.3.15; also [[εἰς]] πάντα τὰ μαθήματα ὀξεῖς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 526b; τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις ὀξύς Luc.''Salt.'' 81.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> of motion, [[quick]], [[swift]], post-Hom., ὀξυτάτους ἵππους Hdt. 5.9 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὠκυτάτους]]); ἱερακίσκος Ar.''Av.''1112; ὀξυτέρῳ χαλινῷ S.''Ant.'' 108 (lyr.); of a report, ὀξεῖα βάξις διῆλθ' Ἀχαιούς Id.''Aj.''998; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖαν ἐκβάλλει ῥοήν</b>, of a dying man, Id.''Ant.''1238, cf. A.''Ag.''1389; of a [[flame]], [[fierce]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 5.9.3; ᾄξας ὀξὺς νότος ὥς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''258 (anap.); <b class="b3">τὸ εὔψυχον.. ὀξεῖς ἐνδείκνυνται</b> are [[quick]] in displaying, Th.4.126; opp. [[βραδύς]], Id.8.96; opp. [[ῥάθυμος]], Arist.''EE''1240a2; opp. [[ἡσύχιος]], Id.''EN''1116a9; ὀ. [[παράγγελμα]] Onos.10.2; <b class="b3">ὀ. καιρός</b> an [[urgent]] crisis, Id.6.1, al.; <b class="b3">ὁ ὀ. δρόμος</b> the [[express]] post, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''900.7 (iv A. D.), 2115.6 (iv A. D.); ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα ''Ep.Rom.''3.15: especially in Adv. (v. infr.).<br><span class="bld">V</span> regul. Adv. [[ὀξέως]] [[quickly]], [[soon]], [[βοηθεῖν]], [[μεταχειρίσαι]], Th.6.10,12, etc.; [[sharply]], [[ὁρᾶν]], [[αἰσθάνεσθαι]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 567b, ''Phdr.'' 263c; ''poet.'' [[ὀξείως]] ''Epigr.Gr.''986.3 (Philae): Comp. [[ὀξυτέρως]] Hp. ''Epid.''3.17.β'; [[ὀξυτέρως]] [[ἀποθνῄσκω|ἀποθνῄσκειν]] ib.1.2; but,<br><span class="bld">2</span> neut. [[ὀξύ]] and pl. [[ὀξέα]] as adverb, v. supr. 11.2,3: Comp. [[ὀξύτερον]] Th.2.8, Pl.''Tht.'' 190a: Sup. [[ὀξύτατον]] Il.17.675, Pl.''Lg.''741d; or ὀξύτατα Id.''R.''401e, al. (Cf. [[ὀξίνα]], [[ὄκρις]].)