ὄξος
From LSJ
τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον ἤδη ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας· μόνον ὁ κατέχων ἄρτι ἕως ἐκ μέσου γένηται. (2Thess 2:7) → For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work — just at work until the one who is now constraining it is taken out.
English (LSJ)
εος, τό
A, (ὀξύς) poor wine, 'vin ordinaire', Ar.Ach.35 ; κοτύλας τέτταρας ὄξους Δεκελικοῦ Alex.285, cf. X.An.2.3.14, POxy.1275.20 (iii A. D.) ; cf. ὀξίνης 1. 2 vinegar made therefrom, IG12.334.4, A.Ag.322, Hp.Acut.61, Gal.11.413, etc.; ὑπώμνυτο ὁ μὲν οἶνος ὄ. αὑτὸν εἶναι γνήσιον, τὸ δ' ὄ. οἶνον αὑτό Eub.65; σφόδρ' ἐστὶν . . ὁ βίος οἴνῳ προσφερής· ὅταν ᾖ τὸ λοιπὸν μικρόν, ὄ. γίγνεται Antiph.240 ; ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ὄ. ἐγχέων, as a mode of torture, Ar.Ra.620. 3 metaph., of a sour fellow, χὡνὴρ ὄ. ἅπαν Theoc.15.148.
