- ὄξος
- ὄξοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `wine vinegar' (IA.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὀξο-πώλης m. `vendor of wine vinegar' (Lib., Poll.), ὀξ-άλμη f. `broth made of ὄ. and ἅλμη' (com.; Risch IF 59, 58), κάτ-οξος `drenched with wine vinegar' (Posidipp. Com.).Derivatives: 1. Subst.: Dimin. ὀξίδιον n. (pap.); ὀξίς, -ίδος f. `vinegar flask' (com., pap.; Chantraine Form. 343, Mayser Pap. I: 3, 54); ὀξίνης (οἶνος) m. `sour wine', also metaph. and as adj. of men `sour, illtempered' (Hp., Ar., Thphr.; cf. e.g. κεγχρίνης, ἐλαφίνης and Chantraine Form. 203); ὀξαλίς, -ίδος f. `sorrel, Rumex' (Nic., Ps.-Dsc.; like φυσαλίς a.o., Chantraine 252) wit ὀξάλ-ειος `tartish' (Apollod. Car.: *ὄξαλος), ὀξηλίς f. plantname (Theognost.). 2. Adj.: ὀξ-ηρός `concerning wine vinegar, acetic' (S., Ar., medic.; Chantraine 233), -ωτός `in salt' (Ar. Fr. 130; Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1, 18), -ώδης `wine vinager-like, sour' (Gal.), -ῖτις f. `tasting like wine vinegar' (PHolm., Redard 58). 3. Verb ὀξίζω `to taste or smell like w.' (medic.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Page in Frisk: 2,399-400
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.