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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wine vinegar]] (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. [[ὀξίδιον]] n. (pap.); [[ὀξίς]], <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[vinegar flask]] (com., pap.; Chantraine Form. 343, Mayser Pap. I: 3, 54); [[ὀξίνης]] ([[οἶνος]]) m. [[sour wine]], also metaph. and as adj. of men [[sour]], [[illtempered]] (Hp., Ar., Thphr.; cf. e.g. [[κεγχρίνης]], [[ἐλαφίνης]] and Chantraine Form. 203); [[ὀξαλίς]], <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[sorrel]], [[Rumex]] (Nic., Ps.-Dsc.; like [[φυσαλίς]] a.o., Chantraine 252) wit <b class="b3">ὀξάλ-ειος</b> [[tartish]] (Apollod. Car.: <b class="b3">*ὄξαλος</b>), [[ὀξηλίς]] f. plantname (Theognost.). 2. Adj.: <b class="b3">ὀξ-ηρός</b> [[concerning wine vinegar]], [[acetic]] (S., Ar., medic.; Chantraine 233), <b class="b3">-ωτός</b> [[in salt]] (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 [[ὀξίζω]] <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 [[ἧδος]] : [[ἡδύς]], [[εὖρος]] : [[εὑρύς]] etc.); s. v.