"ὀξύμωρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὀξύμωρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ok.sý.mɔː.ros/, /okˈsy.mo.ros/, /okˈsi.mo.ros/, /ok.sý.mɔː.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /okˈsy.mo.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /okˈsy.mo.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /okˈsy.mo.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /okˈsi.mo.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen, pointed”) + μωρός (mōrós, “dull, stupid, foolish”) Etymology templates: {{compound|grc|ὀξύς|μωρός|gloss1=sharp, keen, pointed|gloss2=dull, stupid, foolish}} ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen, pointed”) + μωρός (mōrós, “dull, stupid, foolish”) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|ὀξῠ́μωρος|ον}} Forms: ὀξῠ́μωρος [canonical], oxúmōros [romanization], ὀξῠ́μωρον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὀξῠ́μωρος [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], ὀξῠ́μωρον [neuter, nominative, singular], ὀξῠμώρω [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], ὀξῠμώρω [dual, neuter, nominative], ὀξῠ́μωροι [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], ὀξῠμώρου [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], ὀξῠμώρου [genitive, neuter, singular], ὀξῠμώροιν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], ὀξῠμώροιν [dual, genitive, neuter], ὀξῠμώρων [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], ὀξῠμώρων [genitive, neuter, plural], ὀξῠμώρῳ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], ὀξῠμώρῳ [dative, neuter, singular], ὀξῠμώροιν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], ὀξῠμώροιν [dative, dual, neuter], ὀξῠμώροις [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], ὀξῠμώροις [dative, neuter, plural], ὀξῠ́μωρον [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], ὀξῠ́μωρον [accusative, neuter, singular], ὀξῠμώρω [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], ὀξῠμώρω [accusative, dual, neuter], ὀξῠμώρους [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], ὀξῠ́μωρε [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], ὀξῠ́μωρον [neuter, singular, vocative], ὀξῠμώρω [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], ὀξῠμώρω [dual, neuter, vocative], ὀξῠ́μωροι [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], ὀξῠμώρως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], ὀξῠμωρότερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], ὀξῠμωρότᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. pointedly foolish; oxymoronic
    Sense id: en-ὀξύμωρος-grc-adj-kdXHhpsZ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀξῠ́μωροι",
      "roman": "oxúmōroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀξῠ́μωρᾰ",
      "roman": "oxúmōra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀξῠμώρως",
      "roman": "oxumṓrōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀξῠμωρότερος",
      "roman": "oxumōróteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀξῠμωρότᾰτος",
      "roman": "oxumōrótatos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὀξῠ́μωρος",
        "2": "ον"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 4-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek adjectives",
        "Ancient Greek autological terms",
        "Ancient Greek compound terms",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pointedly foolish; oxymoronic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pointedly",
          "pointedly"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "oxymoronic",
          "oxymoronic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ok.sý.mɔː.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/okˈsy.mo.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/okˈsi.mo.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ok.sý.mɔː.ros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/okˈsy.mo.ros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/okˈsy.mo.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/okˈsy.mo.ros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/okˈsi.mo.ros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὀξύμωρος"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ὀξύμωρος/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'d', 'o', 'l', 'c', 'i', 't', '-', '2', 'n', 'A', 's', 'e'}",
  "path": [
    "ὀξύμωρος"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ὀξύμωρος",
  "trace": ""
}

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