ὀξύμωρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen, pointed”) + μωρός (mōrós, “dull, stupid, foolish”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sý.mɔː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈsy.mo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.mo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.mo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈsi.mo.ros/
Adjective
ὀξῠ́μωρος • (oxúmōros) m, f (neuter ὀξῠ́μωρον); second declension
- pointedly foolish; oxymoronic
Inflection
Second declension of ὀξῠ́μωρος; ὀξῠ́μωρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ὀξῠ́μωρος oxúmōros | ὀξῠ́μωρον oxúmōron | ὀξῠμώρω oxumṓrō | ὀξῠμώρω oxumṓrō | ὀξῠ́μωροι oxúmōroi | ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ oxúmōra | ||||||||
Genitive | ὀξῠμώρου oxumṓrou | ὀξῠμώρου oxumṓrou | ὀξῠμώροιν oxumṓroin | ὀξῠμώροιν oxumṓroin | ὀξῠμώρων oxumṓrōn | ὀξῠμώρων oxumṓrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ὀξῠμώρῳ oxumṓrōi | ὀξῠμώρῳ oxumṓrōi | ὀξῠμώροιν oxumṓroin | ὀξῠμώροιν oxumṓroin | ὀξῠμώροις oxumṓrois | ὀξῠμώροις oxumṓrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ὀξῠ́μωρον oxúmōron | ὀξῠ́μωρον oxúmōron | ὀξῠμώρω oxumṓrō | ὀξῠμώρω oxumṓrō | ὀξῠμώρους oxumṓrous | ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ oxúmōra | ||||||||
Vocative | ὀξῠ́μωρε oxúmōre | ὀξῠ́μωρον oxúmōron | ὀξῠμώρω oxumṓrō | ὀξῠμώρω oxumṓrō | ὀξῠ́μωροι oxúmōroi | ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ oxúmōra | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀξῠμώρως oxumṓrōs | ὀξῠμωρότερος oxumōróteros | ὀξῠμωρότᾰτος oxumōrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- ὀξύμωρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀξύμωρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette