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ὄξος, poor wine; vinegar

ὄξος, εος, τό, (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 I.
      • 2 vinegar made therefrom, IG 1(2).334.4, A. Ag. 322, Hp. Acut. 61, Gal. 11.413, etc.; ὑπώμνυτο ὁ μὲν οἶνος ὄ. αὑτὸν εἶναι γνήσιον, τὸ δʼ ὄ. οἶνον αὑτό Eub. 65; σφόδρʼ 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.

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