ὀξύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, sharp) + -της (-tēs).

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Noun

ὀξῠ́της (oxútēs) f (genitive ὀξῠ́τητος); third declension

  1. (of angles) sharpness, pointedness
  2. (of senses) sharpness
    1. (of sound) highness, intensity
    2. (of taste, plural) pungency, acidity
    3. (of sight) acuity
  3. (figuratively) cleverness
    • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Rhetoric 2.31.S.
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Essays in Portraiture (Images) 17
  4. (of motion, action, or occurrence) quickness
  5. (grammar) oxia (the acute accent)

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