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|Definition=εος, τό<span class="sense">&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 [[sour fellow]], χὡνὴρ ὄ. ἅπαν <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.148</span>.</span>