Scaife ATLAS

Back to dictionaries

LSJ

ὄξυλον
ὀξυμάθεια
ὀξυμαθής
ὀξύμαλον
ὀξυμελής
ὀξυμελίκρατον
ὀξυμέριμνος
ὀξυμήνιτος
ὀξύμολπος
ὀξυμυρσίνη
ὀξύμωρος
ὀξύνιτρον
ὀξυνοσία
ὀξύνους
ὀξυντέον
ὀξυντήρ
ὄξυντρα
ὀξύνω
ὀξυόδους
ὀξυόστρακος
ὀξυπαγής
View word page
ὀξύμωρος
ὀξῠ/-μωρος, ον,
A). pointedly foolish : τὸ ὀξύμωρον a witty saying, the more pointed from being paradoxical or seemingly absurd, such as insaniens sapientia, strenua inertia, splendide mendax, Serv.ad Verg. A. 7.295 , etc.


ShortDef

pointedly foolish

Debugging

Headword:
ὀξύμωρος
Headword (normalized):
ὀξύμωρος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οξυμωρος
IDX:
74327
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-74328
Key:

Data

{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀξῠ/-μωρος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pointedly foolish</span> : <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ὀξύμωρον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a witty saying, the more pointed from being paradoxical</span> or seemingly <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">absurd,</span> such as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">insaniens sapientia, strenua inertia, splendide mendax,</span> Serv.ad Verg.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 7.295 </span>, etc.</div> </div><br><br>'}