poor wine, 'vin ordinaire'; vinegar
Ancient Greek word, found 69 times in the texts on Socratos.
Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 10.13: ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖς δῆλον· ἐγὼ δʼ ἔχω οὐδʼ ἅλις ὄξος.
Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur 31: … όμενος ἠριστηκότας οὐχ ἁπλοῦν ἄριστον ἐκέλευσεν ἰδίῳ παιδὶ πληγὰς ἐμβαλεῖν τὸν ἀπελεύθερον, ἐπειπὼν ὅτι χωρὶς ὄξους ἀριστᾶν οὐ δύναται. καὶ ἅμα πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπέβλεψεν, ὥστε τῶν ἐνόχων ἅψασθαι τὴν ἐπιτίμησιν,
Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 3.29.2: ὁ δὲ Ὄξος ῥέει μὲν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καυκάσου, ἔστι δὲ ποταμῶν μέγιστος τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὅσους γε δὴ Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ οἱ ξὺ …
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