quick to anger, choleric; sharp to punish
Ancient Greek word, found 16 times in the texts on Socratos.
Euripides, Medea 319: γυνὴ γὰρ ὀξύθυμος, ὡς δ’ αὔτως ἀνήρ,
Euripides, Orestes 1198: ἢν δʼ ὀξυθύμου μὴ κρατῶν φρονήματος
Euripides, Bacchae 671: καὶ τοὐξύθυμον καὶ τὸ βασιλικὸν λίαν.