ὄξος

oxos

poor wine, ‘vin ordinaire’

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 6
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Book Η 6
Chapter 5 1044b21–1045a6

1044b32
1044b35
1044b35
1044b36
1045a2
1045a6
Meteorology 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26

359b16
Book IV 2
Chapter 7 383b18–384b23

384a13

Chapter 10 388a10–389a23

389a10
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1235b39
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

552b5
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 2 676b16–677b10

677a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄξος, εος, τό, (ὀξύς) A. 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 12.334.4, 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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