Quick Definition
ὄξος, ους, τό n.n. vinegar, sour wine
Strong's Definition
vinegar, i.e. sour wine
Derivation: from G3691 (ὀξύς);
KJV Usage: vinegar
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | ὀξύς
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sour wine, wine vinegar a cheap, sour wine (evidently a favorite beverage of poorer people and relatively effective in quenching thirst) ‘Sour wine’ is sometimes rendered as ‘bitter wine’ or ‘sour juice.’
MAT 27:48 · MRK 15:36 · LUK 23:36 · JHN 19:29 · JHN 19:29 · JHN 19:30
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄξος, -εος (-ovs), τό, (ὀξύς), vinegar (Aeschyl., Hippoer., Arstph., Xen., sqq.; for yn, Ruth ii. 14; Num. vi. 3, ete.); used in the N. T. for Lat. posca, i. 6. the mixture of sour wine or vinegar and water which the Roman soldiers were accustomed to drink: Mt. xxvii. 34 RLmrg., 48; Mk. xv. 36; Lk. xxiii. 36; Jn. xix. 29 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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, Mt. 27:48; Mk. 15:36; Lk. 23:36; Jn. 19:29, 30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄξος, -εος (-ους), τό
(< ὀξύς), [in LXX: Nu 6:3, Ru 2:14, Ps 68 (69):21, Pr 25:20 (חֹמֶץ)*;]
sour wine (posca, vin-de-pays), the ordinary drink of labourers and common soldiers: Mt 27:48, Mk 15:36, Lk 23:36, Jo 19:29, 30.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὄξος (oxos) — vinegar. ὄξος, εος, τό, (ὀξύς) poor wine, 'vin ordinaire', [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. vinegar made therefrom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ὄ. ἐγχέων, as a mode of torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, of a sour fellow, χὡνὴρ ὄ. ἅπαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]