A.“ὀξέα” Hdt.9.23, al., 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 ; ὀξεῖα κορυφή, of a mountain-peak, Od.12.74 ; so “πάγοι ὀξέες” 5.411 ; λίθος ὀξὺς πεποιημένος sharpened so as to serve as a knife, Hdt. 7.69, cf. 3.8 ; κυρβασίας ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας brought to a point, Id.7.64 ; “ὄρεα ἐς ὀ. τὰς κορυφὰς ἀ.” Id.2.28 ; τὸ ὀ. the apex of a triangle, ib.16 ; of the heart, Arist.Resp.478b5 ; “τὸ ὀ. τοῦ ᾠοῦ” Id.GA752b8 ; ὀ. γωνία 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.
II. in reference to the senses,
1. of feeling, sharp, keen, “ὀδύναι” Il.11.268 ; ὀ. ἠέλιος the piercing sun, h.Ap.374 ; ὀξειᾶν ἀκτίνων πατήρ, 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.VM16 (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.
2. of the sight, “ὀξύτατον ὄμμα” Id.N.10.62 ; “ὄψις . . ὀξυτάτη τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος . . αἰσθήσεων” Pl.Phdr. 250d : freq. in neut. as Adv., ὀξύτατον δέρκεσθαι to be keenest of sight, Il.17.675 ; “ὀξύτατα καθορᾶν” Pl.R.516c ; so ὀξὺ νοεῖν notice a thing sharply, Il.3.374 ; “ὀξὺ προϊδεῖν” Od.5.393 ; “ὀξύτερον βλέπει” Ar.Pl.1048, Lys.1202 (lyr.) : prov., “ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως βλέπειν” Id.Pl.210, cf. Macar.Prov.6.41 ; also ὀξὺ ἄκουσεν heard with sharp ear, Il.17.256, cf. Pl.Lg.927b ; ὀξεῖαν ἀκοὴν . . λόγοις διδούς keen attention, S.El. 30.
b. of things that affect the sight, dazzling, bright, “αὐγὴ Ἠελίου” Il.17.372 ; “[Ἠελίου] ὀξύτατον πέλεται φάος εἰσοράασθαι” 14.345 : hence of colours, Ar.Pax1173 (v. “φοινικίς” 2) ; “αἱ ὀξεῖαι χροιαί” Arist. Phgn.806b4 ; “πορφύρα” Plu.Cat.Mi.6, PHolm.20.36 ; “[ἐσθὴς] ὀξυτέρα καὶ τηλαυγεστέρα” Ael.NA4.46.
3. 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 ἐπηλάλαξαν τὸν ὀ. νόμον shrieked their shrill song, A.Th.952 (lyr.) ; ὀξὺ μέλος, of the grasshopper, Ar.Av.1095 (lyr.).
b. 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.
d. ἡ ὀξεῖα (sc. προσῳδία) the acute accent, D.T.630.1, A.D.Pron.35.10, al.; τὸν τόνον φυλάσσειν ὀ. ib.60.1 ; “ὀ. συλλαβή” Pl.Cra.399b ; “ὀ. στοιχεῖον” S.E.M.1.113.
4. 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.
III. metaph., of the inner sense, sharp, keen, hasty, esp. quick to anger, passionate, epith. of Ares, Il.2.440,al. ; “μένος ὀξύ” h.Hom.8.14 ; “καρδίη ὀξυτέρη” Thgn.366 ; “θυμὸς ὀ.” S.OC1193 ; “νέος καὶ ὀ.” Pl.Grg.463e ; “οἱ ἀκρόχολοι ὀξεῖς” Arist.EN1126a18 : so in ὀξύ-θυμος, -κάρδιος, -χολος.
2. 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.
IV. of motion, quick, swift, post-Hom., “ὀξυτάτους ἵππους” Hdt. 5.9 (v.l. ὠκυτάτους) ; “ἱερακίσκος” Ar.Av.1112 ; “ὀξυτέρῳ χαλινῷ” S.Ant. 108 (lyr.) ; of a report, “ὀξεῖα βάξις διῆλθ᾽ Ἀχαιούς” Id.Aj.998 ; ὀξεῖαν ἐκβάλλει ῥοήν, of a dying man, Id.Ant.1238, cf. A.Ag.1389 ; of a flame, fierce, Thphr.HP5.9.3 ; “ᾁξας ὀξὺς νότος ὥς” S.Aj.258 (anap.) ; τὸ εὔψυχον . . ὀξεῖς ἐνδείκνυνται are quick in displaying, Th.4.126 ; opp. βραδύς, Id.8.96 ; opp. ῥάθυμος, Arist.EE1240a2 ; opp. ἡσύχιος, Id.EN1116a9 ; “ὀ. παράγγελμα” Onos.10.2 ; ὀ. καιρός an urgent crisis, Id.6.1, al.; ὁ ὀ. δρόμος the express post, POxy.900.7 (iv A. D.), 2115.6 (iv A. D.) ; “ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα” Ep.Rom.3.15 : esp. in Adv. (v. infr.).
V. 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 ἀποθῄνσκειν ib.1.2 ; but,
