ὀξύτονος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- sharp-sounding, piercing
- (grammar) having the acute accent on its last syllable
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (sharp, acid) + Ancient Greek τόνος (tension, strain, tone, pitch, rope, a tone, chord, sound, something stretched).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τόνος
Gloss
tension, strain, tone, pitch, rope, a tone, chord, sound, something stretched
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oxyrhynchus English
- tono- English
- *tronus Latin
- oxyrhynchus Latin
- tonus Latin
- ossitono Italian
- βαρύτονος Ancient Greek
- τόνος Ancient Greek
- ὀξυάκανθα Ancient Greek
- ὀξυμυρσίνη Ancient Greek
- ὀξύγονον Ancient Greek
- ὀξύτης Ancient Greek
- ὀξῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- oxítono Portuguese
- tom Portuguese
- ton Old French
- τόνος Greek (modern)
- ἄτονος gkm
- *tónos Proto-Hellenic