| |Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wood sorrel]], [[Oxalis Acetosella]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>27.112</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ὀξύσχοινος]], [[great sea-rush]], [[Juncus acutus]], ib.<span class="bibl">21.113</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ὀξαλίς]], [[sorrel]], [[Rumex acetosa]], Gal.11.667.</span><br />[[ὀξύς]], [[ὀξεῖα]], [[ὀξύ]], Ion. fem. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὀξέα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.23</span>, al., [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.64</span>, al. (in codd. freq. [[ὀξέη]], and so <span class="bibl">Babr.73.1</span> metri gr.) : [[ὀξεῖα]], poet. for neut. pl. [[ὀξέα]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>348</span> :—[[sharp]], [[keen]], whether of a [[point]] or an [[edge]], in Hom. and Hes. mostly of weapons or anything made of [[metal]], ἄκων <span class="bibl">Il.10.335</span>, al.; [[ἄορ]] <span class="bibl">21.173</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>457</span>; βέλος <span class="bibl">Il.4.185</span>, etc.; also of non-metallic substances, λᾶας <span class="bibl">16.739</span>; μοχλός <span class="bibl">Od.9.382</span>; σκόλοπες <span class="bibl">Il. 12.56</span>,<span class="bibl">64</span>; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖα κορυφή</b>, of a [[mountain]]-[[peak]], <span class="bibl">Od.12.74</span>; so πάγοι ὀξέες <span class="bibl">5.411</span>; <b class="b3">λίθος ὀξὺς πεποιημένος</b> [[sharpened]] so as to serve as a knife, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.69</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.8</span>; <b class="b3">κυρβασίας ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας</b> brought to a [[point]], <span class="bibl">Id.7.64</span>; ὄρεα ἐς ὀ. τὰς κορυφὰς ἀ. <span class="bibl">Id.2.28</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὀ</b>. the [[apex]] of a [[triangle]], ib.<span class="bibl">16</span>; of the heart, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Resp.</span>478b5</span>; τὸ ὀ. τοῦ ᾠοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>752b8</span>; <b class="b3">ὀ. γωνία</b> an [[acute]] [[angle]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Top.</span>107a16</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Euc.1</span> <span class="title">Def.</span>12, <span class="bibl">Archim. <span class="title">Spir.</span>16</span>; Χρόνος ὀξὺς ὀδόντας <span class="bibl">Simon.176</span>; ἡ [[ὀξεῖα]], name of a [[surgical]] [[instrument]], <span class="title">Hermes</span> 38.282, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.44.23.59</span>; but also, a [[pointed splinter]] of bone, ib.<span class="bibl">46.20.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in reference to the senses, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of [[feeling]], [[sharp]], [[keen]], ὀδύναι <span class="bibl">Il.11.268</span>; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἠέλιος</b> the [[piercing]] [[sun]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>374</span>; <b class="b3">ὀξειᾶν ἀκτίνων πατήρ</b>, i.e. the Sun, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.70</span>; Σείριος ὀξὺς ἐλλάμπων <span class="bibl">Archil.61</span>; [[πῦρ]] ὀ. <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.12</span>; so χιὼν ὀξεῖα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.20</span>; so also of grief and the like, ἄχος <span class="bibl">Il.19.125</span>; μελεδῶναι <span class="bibl">Od.19.517</span> : and generally, [[sharp]], [[severe]], μάχη ὀξέα . . γίνεται [[keenly contested]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.23</span>; ὀ. πυρετός <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>16</span> (Sup.); [ἡ νόσος] ὀξεῖα φοιτᾷ καὶ ταχεῖ' ἀπέρχεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>808</span>; [[νόσοι]], [[μανίαι]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.85</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>11.48</span> (Comp.), cf. Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>tit., Archig. ap. Gal.9.887; πάθαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.97</span>; ἐπιμομφά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).9</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the sight, ὀξύτατον ὄμμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>10.62</span>; ὄψις . . ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος . . αἰσθήσεων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 250d</span> : freq. in neut. as adverb, <b class="b3">ὀξύτατον δέρκεσθαι</b> to be [[keenest]] of sight, <span class="bibl">Il.17.675</span>; ὀξύτατα καθορᾶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>516c</span>; so <b class="b3">ὀξὺ νοεῖν</b> notice a thing [[sharply]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.374</span>; ὀξὺ προϊδεῖν <span class="bibl">Od.5.393</span>; ὀξύτερον βλέπει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1048</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>1202</span> (lyr.) : [[proverb|prov.]], ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως βλέπειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>210</span>, cf. Macar.<span class="title">Prov.</span>6.41; also <b class="b3">ὀξὺ ἄκουσεν</b> heard [[with sharp ear]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.256</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>927b</span>; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖαν ἀκοὴν . . λόγοις διδούς</b> [[keen]] attention, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of things that affect the sight, [[dazzling]], [[bright]], αὐγὴ Ἠελίου <span class="bibl">Il.17.372</span>; [Ἠελίου] ὀξύτατον πέλεται φάος εἰσοράασθαι <span class="bibl">14.345</span> : hence of colours, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1173</span> (v. φοινικίς <span class="bibl">2</span>); αἱ ὀξεῖαι χροιαί <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Phgn.</span>806b4</span>; πορφύρα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHolm.</span>20.36</span>; [ἐσθὴς] ὀξυτέρα καὶ τηλαυγεστέρα <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.46</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of sound, [[shrill]], [[piercing]], ἀϋτή <span class="bibl">Il.15.313</span>; ὀξὺ βοήσας <span class="bibl">17.89</span>; ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα <span class="bibl">18.71</span>; ὀξὺ λεληκώς <span class="bibl">22.141</span>; ὀξέα κεκληγώς <span class="bibl">17.88</span>, etc.; of whinnying horses, ὀξεῖα χρέμισαν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>348</span>; of young pigs, ὀξὺ κεκράγατε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>804</span>; of the scream of birds of prey, ὀξέα κλάζων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>112</span> (anap.); of metals, ἰάχεσκε σάκος ὀξέα καὶ λιγέως <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>233</span>; also of the [[wail]] of the [[nightingale]] (cf. [[ὀξύφωνος]]), ὄρνιθος ὀ. φθόγγον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>424</span>; so <b class="b3">ἐπηλάλαξαν τὸν ὀ. νόμον</b> [[shriek]]ed their [[shrill]] [[song]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>952</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὀξὺ μέλος</b>, of the grasshopper, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1095</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of musical tones, in a technical sense, [[high-pitched]], opp. βαρύς, φθόγγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>80a</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.20</span>; ὀξυτάτη [[χορδή]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>268d</span>; φωνὴ ὀξεῖα, βαρεῖα, μέση <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1403b29</span>; τῷ ὀξεῖ ἐν φωνῇ μὲν ἐναντίον τὸ βαρύ, ἐν ὄγκῳ δὲ τὸ ἀμβλύ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Top.</span>106a13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> in Music, <b class="b3">δι' ὀξειῶν</b> (Dor. <b class="b3">-ᾶν</b>) [[interval of a fifth]], <span class="bibl">Philol.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>920a24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ὀξεῖα</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[προσῳδία]]) the [[acute]] accent, <span class="bibl">D.T.630.1</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>35.10</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τὸν τόνον φυλάσσειν ὀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">60.1</span>; ὀ. συλλαβή <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>399b</span>; ὀ. στοιχεῖον <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.113</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of taste, [[sharp]], [[pungent]], [[acid]], φακῆ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.31</span>; ὄξος <span class="bibl">Diph.18.1</span>; οἶνος <span class="bibl">Alex. 141.12</span>; ἐξ ὀξέος καὶ ἁλμυροῦ ξυνθεὶς ζύμωμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>74c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of smell, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>421a30</span>; ὀξύτατον ὄζειν τινός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>193</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., of the inner sense, [[sharp]], [[keen]], [[hasty]], esp. [[quick to anger]], [[passionate]], [[epithet]] of Ares, <span class="bibl">Il.2.440</span>,al.; μένος ὀξύ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>8.14</span>; καρδίη ὀξυτέρη <span class="bibl">Thgn.366</span>; θυμὸς ὀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1193</span>; νέος καὶ ὀ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>463e</span>; οἱ ἀκρόχολοι ὀξεῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1126a18</span> : so in [[ὀξύθυμος]], [[ὀξυκάρδιος]], [[ὀξύχολος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sharp]], [[quick]], δεινοὶ καὶ ὀξεῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>39b</span> : c. inf., ἐπινοῆσαι ὀ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>; γνῶναι . . ὀξύτατοι τὰ ῥηθέντα <span class="bibl">D.3.15</span>; also εἰς πάντα τὰ μαθήματα ὀξεῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>526b</span>; τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις ὀξύς <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span> 81</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> of motion, [[quick]], [[swift]], post-Hom., ὀξυτάτους ἵππους <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.9</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὠκυτάτους]]); ἱερακίσκος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1112</span>; ὀξυτέρῳ χαλινῷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 108</span> (lyr.); of a report, ὀξεῖα βάξις διῆλθ' Ἀχαιούς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>998</span>; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖαν ἐκβάλλει ῥοήν</b>, of a dying man, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1389</span>; of a [[flame]], [[fierce]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.9.3</span>; ᾄξας ὀξὺς νότος ὥς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>258</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τὸ εὔψυχον . . ὀξεῖς ἐνδείκνυνται</b> are [[quick]] in displaying, <span class="bibl">Th.4.126</span>; opp. [[βραδύς]], <span class="bibl">Id.8.96</span>; opp. [[ῥάθυμος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1240a2</span>; opp. [[ἡσύχιος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1116a9</span>; ὀ. [[παράγγελμα]] <span class="bibl">Onos.10.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὀ. καιρός</b> an [[urgent]] crisis, <span class="bibl">Id.6.1</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὁ ὀ. δρόμος</b> the [[express]] post, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>900.7</span> (iv A. D.), <span class="bibl">2115.6</span> (iv A. D.); ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>3.15</span> : especially in Adv. (v. infr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> regul. Adv. [[ὀξέως]] [[quickly]], [[soon]], [[βοηθεῖν]], [[μεταχειρίσαι]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.10</span>,<span class="bibl">12</span>, etc.; [[sharply]], [[ὁρᾶν]], [[αἰσθάνεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>567b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span> 263c</span>; poet. [[ὀξείως]] <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>986.3 (Philae) : Comp. [[ὀξυτέρως]] <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>3.17</span>.β'; [[ὀξυτέρως]] [[ἀποθνῄσκω|ἀποθνῄσκειν]] ib.<span class="bibl">1.2</span>; but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> neut. [[ὀξύ]] and pl. [[ὀξέα]] as adverb, v. supr. <span class="bibl">11.2</span>,<span class="bibl">3</span> : Comp. [[ὀξύτερον]] <span class="bibl">Th.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 190a</span> : Sup. [[ὀξύτατον]] <span class="bibl">Il.17.675</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>741d</span>; or ὀξύτατα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>401e</span>, al. (Cf. [[ὀξίνα]], [[ὄκρις]].) </span> | | |Definition=<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wood sorrel]], [[Oxalis Acetosella]], Plin.''HN''27.112.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ὀξύσχοινος]], [[great sea-rush]], [[Juncus acutus]], ib.21.113.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ὀξαλίς]], [[sorrel]], [[Rumex acetosa]], Gal.11.667.[[ὀξύς]], [[ὀξεῖα]], [[ὀξύ]], Ion. fem.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὀξέα Hdt.9.23, al., [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hp.''Mul.''1.64, al. (in codd. freq. [[ὀξέη]], and so Babr.73.1 metri gr.): [[ὀξεῖα]], poet. for neut. pl. [[ὀξέα]], Hes.''Sc.''348:—[[sharp]], [[keen]], whether of a [[point]] or an [[edge]], in Hom. and Hes. mostly of weapons or anything made of [[metal]], ἄκων Il.10.335, al.; [[ἄορ]] 21.173, Hes.''Sc.''457; βέλος Il.4.185, etc.; also of non-metallic substances, λᾶας 16.739; μοχλός Od.9.382; σκόλοπες Il. 12.56,64; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖα κορυφή</b>, of a [[mountain]]-[[peak]], Od.12.74; so πάγοι ὀξέες 5.411; <b class="b3">λίθος ὀξὺς πεποιημένος</b> [[sharpened]] so as to serve as a knife, Hdt. 7.69, cf. 3.8; <b class="b3">κυρβασίας ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας</b> brought to a [[point]], Id.7.64; ὄρεα ἐς ὀ. τὰς κορυφὰς ἀ. Id.2.28; <b class="b3">τὸ ὀ</b>. the [[apex]] of a [[triangle]], ib.16; of the heart, Arist.''Resp.''478b5; τὸ ὀ. τοῦ ᾠοῦ Id.''GA''752b8; <b class="b3">ὀ. γωνία</b> an [[acute]] [[angle]], Id.''Top.''107a16, al., Euc.1 ''Def.''12, Archim. ''Spir.''16; Χρόνος ὀξὺς ὀδόντας Simon.176; ἡ [[ὀξεῖα]], name of a [[surgical]] [[instrument]], ''Hermes'' 38.282, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.23.59; but also, a [[pointed splinter]] of bone, ib.46.20.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in reference to the senses,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[feeling]], [[sharp]], [[keen]], ὀδύναι Il.11.268; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἠέλιος</b> the [[piercing]] [[sun]], ''h.Ap.''374; <b class="b3">ὀξειᾶν ἀκτίνων πατήρ</b>, i.e. the Sun, Pi.''O.''7.70; Σείριος ὀξὺς ἐλλάμπων Archil.61; [[πῦρ]] ὀ. Anaxipp.1.12; so χιὼν ὀξεῖα Pi.''P.''1.20; so also of grief and the like, ἄχος Il.19.125; μελεδῶναι Od.19.517: and generally, [[sharp]], [[severe]], μάχη ὀξέα.. γίνεται [[keenly contested]], Hdt.9.23; ὀ. πυρετός Hp.''VM''16 (Sup.); [ἡ νόσος] ὀξεῖα φοιτᾷ καὶ ταχεῖ' ἀπέρχεται S.''Ph.''808; [[νόσοι]], [[μανίαι]], Pi.''O.''8.85, ''N.''11.48 (Comp.), cf. Hp.''Acut.''tit., Archig. ap. Gal.9.887; πάθαι Pi.''P.''3.97; ἐπιμομφά Id.''O.''10(11).9, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the sight, ὀξύτατον ὄμμα Id.''N.''10.62; ὄψις.. ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος.. αἰσθήσεων Pl.''Phdr.'' 250d: freq. in neut. as adverb, <b class="b3">ὀξύτατον δέρκεσθαι</b> to be [[keenest]] of sight, Il.17.675; ὀξύτατα καθορᾶν Pl.''R.''516c; so <b class="b3">ὀξὺ νοεῖν</b> notice a thing [[sharply]], Il.3.374; ὀξὺ προϊδεῖν Od.5.393; ὀξύτερον βλέπει Ar.''Pl.''1048, ''Lys.''1202 (lyr.): [[proverb|prov.]], ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως βλέπειν Id.''Pl.''210, cf. Macar.''Prov.''6.41; also <b class="b3">ὀξὺ ἄκουσεν</b> heard [[with sharp ear]], Il.17.256, cf. Pl.''Lg.''927b; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖαν ἀκοὴν.. λόγοις διδούς</b> [[keen]] attention, S.''El.'' 30.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of things that affect the sight, [[dazzling]], [[bright]], αὐγὴ Ἠελίου Il.17.372; [Ἠελίου] ὀξύτατον πέλεται φάος εἰσοράασθαι 14.345: hence of colours, Ar.''Pax''1173 (v. φοινικίς 2); αἱ ὀξεῖαι χροιαί Arist. ''Phgn.''806b4; πορφύρα Plu.''Cat.Mi.''6, ''PHolm.''20.36; [ἐσθὴς] ὀξυτέρα καὶ τηλαυγεστέρα Ael.''NA''4.46.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of sound, [[shrill]], [[piercing]], ἀϋτή Il.15.313; ὀξὺ βοήσας 17.89; ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα 18.71; ὀξὺ λεληκώς 22.141; ὀξέα κεκληγώς 17.88, etc.; of whinnying horses, ὀξεῖα χρέμισαν Hes.''Sc.''348; of young pigs, ὀξὺ κεκράγατε Ar.''Ach.''804; of the scream of birds of prey, ὀξέα κλάζων S.''Ant.''112 (anap.); of metals, ἰάχεσκε σάκος ὀξέα καὶ λιγέως Hes.''Sc.''233; also of the [[wail]] of the [[nightingale]] (cf. [[ὀξύφωνος]]), ὄρνιθος ὀ. φθόγγον S.''Ant.''424; so <b class="b3">ἐπηλάλαξαν τὸν ὀ. νόμον</b> [[shriek]]ed their [[shrill]] [[song]], A.''Th.''952 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὀξὺ μέλος</b>, of the grasshopper, Ar.''Av.''1095 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of musical tones, in a technical sense, [[high-pitched]], opp. βαρύς, φθόγγοι Pl.''Ti.''80a, X. ''Cyn.''6.20; ὀξυτάτη [[χορδή]] Pl.''Phdr.''268d; φωνὴ ὀξεῖα, βαρεῖα, μέση Arist.''Rh.''1403b29; τῷ ὀξεῖ ἐν φωνῇ μὲν ἐναντίον τὸ βαρύ, ἐν ὄγκῳ δὲ τὸ ἀμβλύ Id.''Top.''106a13.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in Music, <b class="b3">δι' ὀξειῶν</b> (Dor. <b class="b3">-ᾶν</b>) [[interval of a fifth]], Philol.6, Arist.''Pr.''920a24.<br><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ὀξεῖα</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[προσῳδία]]) the [[acute]] accent, D.T.630.1, A.D.''Pron.''35.10, al.; <b class="b3">τὸν τόνον φυλάσσειν ὀ</b>. ib.60.1; ὀ. συλλαβή Pl.''Cra.''399b; ὀ. στοιχεῖον S.E.''M.''1.113.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of taste, [[sharp]], [[pungent]], [[acid]], φακῆ X.''Cyr.''6.2.31; ὄξος Diph.18.1; οἶνος Alex. 141.12; ἐξ ὀξέος καὶ ἁλμυροῦ ξυνθεὶς ζύμωμα Pl.''Ti.''74c.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of smell, Arist.''de An.''421a30; ὀξύτατον ὄζειν τινός Ar.''Ach.''193.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., of the inner sense, [[sharp]], [[keen]], [[hasty]], esp. [[quick to anger]], [[passionate]], [[epithet]] of Ares, Il.2.440,al.; μένος ὀξύ ''h.Hom.''8.14; καρδίη ὀξυτέρη Thgn.366; θυμὸς ὀ. S.''OC''1193; νέος καὶ ὀ. Pl.''Grg.''463e; οἱ ἀκρόχολοι ὀξεῖς Arist.''EN''1126a18: so in [[ὀξύθυμος]], [[ὀξυκάρδιος]], [[ὀξύχολος]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sharp]], [[quick]], δεινοὶ καὶ ὀξεῖς Pl.''Ap.''39b: c. inf., ἐπινοῆσαι ὀ. Th.1.70; γνῶναι.. ὀξύτατοι τὰ ῥηθέντα D.3.15; also εἰς πάντα τὰ μαθήματα ὀξεῖς Pl.''R.''526b; τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις ὀξύς Luc.''Salt.'' 81.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> of motion, [[quick]], [[swift]], post-Hom., ὀξυτάτους ἵππους Hdt. 5.9 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὠκυτάτους]]); ἱερακίσκος Ar.''Av.''1112; ὀξυτέρῳ χαλινῷ S.''Ant.'' 108 (lyr.); of a report, ὀξεῖα βάξις διῆλθ' Ἀχαιούς Id.''Aj.''998; <b class="b3">ὀξεῖαν ἐκβάλλει ῥοήν</b>, of a dying man, Id.''Ant.''1238, cf. A.''Ag.''1389; of a [[flame]], [[fierce]], Thphr.''HP''5.9.3; ᾄξας ὀξὺς νότος ὥς S.''Aj.''258 (anap.); <b class="b3">τὸ εὔψυχον.. ὀξεῖς ἐνδείκνυνται</b> are [[quick]] in displaying, Th.4.126; opp. [[βραδύς]], Id.8.96; opp. [[ῥάθυμος]], Arist.''EE''1240a2; opp. [[ἡσύχιος]], Id.''EN''1116a9; ὀ. [[παράγγελμα]] Onos.10.2; <b class="b3">ὀ. καιρός</b> an [[urgent]] crisis, Id.6.1, al.; <b class="b3">ὁ ὀ. δρόμος</b> the [[express]] post, ''POxy.''900.7 (iv A. D.), 2115.6 (iv A. D.); ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα ''Ep.Rom.''3.15: especially in Adv. (v. infr.).<br><span class="bld">V</span> regul. Adv. [[ὀξέως]] [[quickly]], [[soon]], [[βοηθεῖν]], [[μεταχειρίσαι]], Th.6.10,12, etc.; [[sharply]], [[ὁρᾶν]], [[αἰσθάνεσθαι]], Pl.''R.''567b, ''Phdr.'' 263c; poet. [[ὀξείως]] ''Epigr.Gr.''986.3 (Philae): Comp. [[ὀξυτέρως]] Hp. ''Epid.''3.17.β'; [[ὀξυτέρως]] [[ἀποθνῄσκω|ἀποθνῄσκειν]] ib.1.2; but,<br><span class="bld">2</span> neut. [[ὀξύ]] and pl. [[ὀξέα]] as adverb, v. supr. 11.2,3: Comp. [[ὀξύτερον]] Th.2.8, Pl.''Tht.'' 190a: Sup. [[ὀξύτατον]] Il.17.675, Pl.''Lg.''741d; or ὀξύτατα Id.''R.''401e, al. (Cf. [[ὀξίνα]], [[ὄκρις]].) |
