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ὀξύν-ω [υ_], fut.
A.ὀξυ^νῶLXX Wi.5.20, (παρ-) D.2.11,54.25 : aor. “ὤξυ_ναS.Tr.1176 : pf. ὤξυγκα παρ-) Plb.31.1.3, J.AJ11.6.7 :—Pass., fut. ὀξυνθήσομαι παρ-) Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 17 : aor. “ὠξύνθηνHdt. (v. infr.), etc.: pf. ὤξυμμαι παρ-) Lys.4.8, D.14.16, (ἀπ-) Plb.18.18.13, etc.; later ὤξυσμαι ἀπ-, συν-) Id.1.22.7, 6.22.4 :—sharpen, point,ἔγχος . σιδήρῳEpigr.Gr.790.5 (Dyme) ; “ἄκρη ἐς μυχὸν ὀξυνθεῖσαD.P.177 ; of the nose, “ῥῖνα ὠξυμμένηνGal.17(1).998.
II. metaph., goad to anger, provoke, τοὐμὸν ὀξῦναι στόμα S.l.c.:—Pass., “ὀξυνθείςHdt.8.138, cf. LXX Ez.21.9(14).
2. intr., become acute, of pain, Aret.SD2.11.
III. Gramm., = ὀξυτονέω, A.D.Pron.28.5 (Pass.), 43.10,al.
IV. make acid, Gal.6.691 :—Pass., to be or become so, of wine, Arist.GA753a23, Luc.Sat.26 :—so, intr. in Act., Thphr.HP 4.3.4.
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    • Demosthenes, Olynthiac 2, 11
    • Demosthenes, On the Navy, 16
    • Demosthenes, Against Conon, 25
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.138
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 11.6.7
    • Lysias, On a Wound by Premeditation, 8
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 1176
    • Polybius, Histories, 18.18.13
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.22.7
    • Polybius, Histories, 31.1.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.22.4
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 2), 2.11
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