A.“, (ὀξύς)” poor wine, 'vin ordinaire', Ar.Ach.35 ; “κοτύλας τέτταρας ὄξους Δεκελικοῦ” Alex.285, cf. X.An.2.3.14, POxy.1275.20 (iii A. D.) ; cf. “ὀξίνης” 1.
2. vinegar made therefrom, IG12.334.4, A.Ag.322, Hp.Acut.61, Gal.11.413, etc.; “ὑπώμνυτο ὁ μὲν οἶνος ὄ. αὑτὸν εἶναι γνήσιον, τὸ δ᾽ ὄ. οἶνον αὑτό” Eub.65; “σφόδρ᾽ ἐστὶν . . ὁ βίος οἴνῳ προσφερής: ὅταν ᾖ τὸ λοιπὸν μικρόν, ὄ. γίγνεται” Antiph.240 ; ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ὄ. ἐγχέων, as a mode of torture, Ar.Ra.620.
3. metaph., of a sour fellow, “χὡνὴρ ὄ. ἅπαν” Theoc.15.148.