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|Definition=-ητος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sharpness]], [[pointedness]], of [[acute]] [[angle]]s, Pl.''Ti.'' 61e, cf. 56d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of the senses,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of sound, [[sharpness]], opp. [[βαρύτης]], Id.''Phlb.'' 17c, ''Tht.'' 163c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of taste, [[pungency]], [[acidity]], in plural, Hp.''VM''19, ''Acut.''61, cf. Gal.11.656.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of [[sight]], Arist.''HA'' 492a4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[sharpness]], [[cleverness]], τῆς [[ψυχή|ψυχῆς]] Phld.''Rh.'' 2.31 S.; [[σκέψεως]] ibid.; διαφέροντα τῇ τέχνῃ τῇ τ' ὀξύτητι Philosteph. Com.I; ὀξύτης ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Luc.''Im.''17.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[quickness]], of [[motion]], [[action]], or [[occurrence]], Critias 37 D., Pl.''Chrm.''160b, ''Plt.''306c, al.; ταῖς ὀξύτησι.. ἀκολουθεῖν D.24.95; [[ἡ ὀξύτης τοῦ καιροῦ]] = [[the pressing occasion]], Plu.''Pyrrh.'' 2, D.S.15.43.<br><span class="bld">V</span> = [[ὀξεῖα]], ἡ, v. [[ὀξύς]] II.3d, A.D.''Adv.'' 138.16, cf. Arist.''Po.''1456b33: pl., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''399a.