ὀξύα

ὀξύα or ὀξύη [ῠ] (the latter preferred by Phryn. PS p.96 B. and more freq. in texts, as Thphr. HP 3.3.8, al., but ὀξύα ib. 3.10.3, 5.1.2 and 4), ἡ,

• beech, Fagus silvatica, Xanth. 8, Thphr. HP 3.3.8, 3.10.1, Dicaearch. 2.2; later, as in Mod. Gr., called ὀξέα, Dosith. p.396 K., Gloss., condemned by Phryn. l.c.
• • II spear-shaft made from its wood, spear, Archil. 186, E. Heracl. 727. (Prob. cogn. with ONorse askr ‘ash’, Lat. ornus, etc.)

ὀξύα, u. ὀξύη, ἡ, die Buche, sonst φηγός, nach Theophr. benannt, weil das Blatt ἐξακανθίζον ἐξ ἄκρου καὶ εἰς ὀξὺ συνηγμένον ist. Später auch ὀξέα, Lobeck Phryn. 301. Auch der aus dem Holze dieses Baumes gemachte Speerschaft, Archil. 109, Eur. Heracl. 727.

ὀξύα, or ὀξύη, ἡ,

• a kind of beech: a spear-shaft made from its wood, a spear, Eur.