ὄξος, ὀξεος (ὄξους), τό (ὀξύς), vinegar (Aeschylus, Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and following; for ηΙξΖυ, Rth_2:14; Num_6:3, etc.); used in the N. T. for Latinposca, i. e. the mixture of sour wine or vinegar and water which the Roman soldiers were accustomed to drink: Mat_27:34 R L marginal reading, 48; Mar_15:36; Luk_23:36; Joh_19:29 f.

ὄξος oxos 6x vinegar; a wine of sharp flavor, posca, which was an ordinary beverage, and was often mixed with bitter herbs, etc., and this given to the condemned criminals in order to stupefy them, and lessen their sufferings, Mat_27:48 ; Mar_15:36 ; Luk_23:36 ; Joh_19:29-30

ὄξος , -εος (-ους ), τό ( < ὄξύς ), [in LXX : Num_6:3 , Rth_2:14 , Psa_69:21 , Pro_25:20 ( H2558 ) * ;] sour wine (posca, vin-Deu pays), the ordinary drink of labourers and common soldiers: Mat_27:48 , Mar_15:36 , Luk_23:36 , Joh_19:29-30 .†

ὄξος [page 452] For ὄξος , sour wine drunk by soldiers, as in Mat_27:48 al. , cf. P Lond 1245 .9 (A.D. 357) (= III. p. 228) a receipt for 4000 ξέσται supplied to soldiers stationed at Hermopolis ὄξους ξέστας τετρακ̣ῑ̣σχειλίους . Other exx. of the word, where it is distinguished from οἶνος , are ib. 856 .28 (tariff of excise duties late i/A.D.) (= III. p. 92) πλὴν οἴνου κ [αὶ ὄ ]ξους , and ib. 1159 .49 (A.D. 145 7) (= III. p. 113) ἐπὶ οἴνου καὶ ὄξου (ς ) οἱ πρόοντες . See also for the word P Flor III. 334 .5 (ii/A.D.) προ̣σ̣ε̣ν̣εγκέ μοι εἰς ἕψησιν γάρον ( fish-sauce ) καὶ ὄξ [ο ]ς ἐκ τοῦ Κῴου καὶ ἐλαίαν , P Tebt II. 403 .18 (A.D. 212 7) λόγ [ο ]ς τοῦ μετρηθέ [ντος ] ἡμεῖν ὄξους εἰς τ [ὴν ἐνεσ ]τῶσαν ἡμέρα [ν , BGU I. 14 ii. 13 (A.D. 255) ὄξους ὑδρομιγ (οῦς ), and P Oxy XIV. 1776 .8 (late iv/A.D.) ὅσον χρῄζουσι ἔν τε σίτῳ ἢ ὄξους ( l. ὄξει ) παρασχοῦ αὐτοῖς , supply them with whatever they require in the way of corn or sour wine. The dim. ὀξ (ε )ίδιον occurs in BGU II. 417 .31 (ii/iii A.D.) ἔρρωσό μοι , γλυκύτατε , καὶ ὀξείδιά μοι κόμισον , cf. .22 , and the late P Lond 113. 11( a ) .3 (vi/vii A.D.) (= I. p. 223) a contract to take the sour wine (τὰ ὀξίδια ) of one year s vintage in exchange for the sweet wine (τοῦ οἴνου ) of the succeeding year. Ὄξος is to ὀξύς as εὖρος is to εὐρύς : cf. acetum and acies, acer , etc.

ὄξος ὄξος, εος, [Etym: ὀξύς] "poor wine, vin-de-pays", Ar. , Xen. "vinegar" made therefrom, Aesch. , Ar. metaph. of a "sour fellow", Theocr.

ὄξος, -εος (-ους), τό (ὄξύς), [in LXX: Num.6:3, Rut.2:14, Psa.69:21, Pro.25:20 (חֹמֶץ)* ;] sour wine (posca, vin-Deu pays), the ordinary drink of labourers and common soldiers: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Luk.23:36, Jhn.19:29-30.† (AS)