ὄξος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span>, (ὀξύς) <b class="b2">poor wine, 'vin ordinaire'</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>35</span> ; κοτύλας τέτταρας ὄξους Δεκελικοῦ <span class="bibl">Alex.285</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1275.20</span> (iii A. D.) ; cf. ὀξίνης <span class="bibl">1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[vinegar]] made therefrom, <span class="title">IG</span>12.334.4, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>322</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>61</span>, Gal.11.413, etc.; ὑπώμνυτο ὁ μὲν οἶνος ὄ. αὑτὸν εἶναι γνήσιον, τὸ δ' ὄ. οἶνον αὑτό <span class="bibl">Eub.65</span>; σφόδρ' ἐστὶν . . ὁ βίος οἴνῳ προσφερής· ὅταν ᾖ τὸ λοιπὸν μικρόν, ὄ. γίγνεται <span class="bibl">Antiph.240</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ὄ. ἐγχέων</b>, as a mode of torture, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>620</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of a <b class="b2">sour fellow</b>, χὡνὴρ ὄ. ἅπαν <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.148</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">wine vinegar</b> (IA.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ὀξο-πώλης</b> m. [[vendor of wine vinegar]] (Lib., Poll.), <b class="b3">ὀξ-άλμη</b> f. <b class="b2">broth made of ὄ. and ἅλμη</b> (com.; Risch IF 59, 58), <b class="b3">κάτ-οξος</b> [[drenched with wine vinegar]] (Posidipp. Com.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Subst.: Dimin. <b class="b3">ὀξίδιον</b> n. (pap.); <b class="b3">ὀξίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. <b class="b2">vinegar flask</b> (com., pap.; Chantraine Form. 343, Mayser Pap. I: 3, 54); <b class="b3">ὀξίνης</b> (<b class="b3">οἶνος</b>) m. <b class="b2">sour wine</b>, also metaph. and as adj. of men [[sour]], [[illtempered]] (Hp., Ar., Thphr.; cf. e.g. <b class="b3">κεγχρίνης</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλαφίνης</b> and Chantraine Form. 203); <b class="b3">ὀξαλίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[sorrel]], [[Rumex]] (Nic., Ps.-Dsc.; like <b class="b3">φυσαλίς</b> a.o., Chantraine 252) wit <b class="b3">ὀξάλ-ειος</b> [[tartish]] (Apollod. Car.: <b class="b3">*ὄξαλος</b>), <b class="b3">ὀξηλίς</b> f. plantname (Theognost.). 2. Adj.: <b class="b3">ὀξ-ηρός</b> <b class="b2">concerning wine vinegar, acetic</b> (S., Ar., medic.; Chantraine 233), <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> <b class="b2">in salt</b> (Ar. Fr. 130; Ammann <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 18), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">wine vinager-like, sour</b> (Gal.), <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b> f. [[tasting like wine vinegar]] (PHolm., Redard 58). 3. Verb <b class="b3">ὀξίζω</b> <b class="b2">to taste or smell like w.</b> (medic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: From [[ὀξύς]] (like <b class="b3">ἧδος</b> : <b class="b3">ἡδύς</b>, <b class="b3">εὖρος</b> : <b class="b3">εὑρύς</b> etc.); s. v.