ὀξύτης, ητος, ἡ,
sharpness, pointedness, of acute angles, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 61e, compare 56d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of the senses,
__II.1 of sound, sharpness, opposed to βαρύτης, [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 17c, “Tht.” 163c. ] Refs]
__II.2 of taste, pungency, acidity, in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, “Acut.” 61, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.656. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 of sight, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492a4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III metaphorically, sharpness, cleverness, τῆς ψυχῆς [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.31 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; σκέψεως [prev. passage]; διαφέροντα τῇ τέχνῃ τῇ τ᾽ ὀξύτητι] Refs 5th c.BC+] Philosteph. Comedy texts I; ὀ. ἐς τὰ πολιτικά [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 17. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV quickness, of motion, action, or occurrence, [[ 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 37 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 160b, “Plt.” 306c, +others; ταῖς ὀξύτησι.. ἀκολουθεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ὀ. τοῦ καιροῦ the pressing occasion, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.43. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]