Included with:
πικρός, ά, όν,
poetry also ός, όν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—properly
pointed, sharp, keen, ὀϊστός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II generally,
sharp to the sense:
II.1 of taste,
pungent, ῥίζα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of salt water, opposed to γλυκύς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁλμυρὸς καὶ π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πριγλία π. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ὄμφακος πικρᾶς [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑγρότης π., opposed to ὀξεῖα, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of smell,
pungent, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2 of feeling,
sharp, keen, ὠδῖνες [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3 of sound,
piercing, shrill, οἰμωγά [
Refs]; γόοι, ὄδυρμα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III metaphorically,
III.1 of things,
bitter, especially of what yields pain instead of expected pleasure, frequently in threats, μὴ τάχα πικρὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Κύπρον ἵκηαι (variantἴδηαι) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τιμωρία, ἀγῶνες, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύαι, χεῖμα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, μὴ λίαν πικρὸν εἰπεῖν ᾖ [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2 so of persons, probably in [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; γλυκὺν ὧδε φίλοις ἐχθροῖσι δὲ π. [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. θεοῖς
hateful to them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ π. τέθνηκεν ἢ κείνοις γλυκύς his death is
matter of sorrow to me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαίμων π., of
untimely death (Latin
acerbus), [
Refs]
III.3 embittered, angry, πικρὰ ὄρνις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4 relentless, οὐδὲν πικρότερον τῆς ἀνάγκης [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
spiteful, mean, vindictive, βάσκανον καὶ πικρὸν καὶ κακόηθες οὐδέν ἐστι πολίτευμα ἐμόν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Comedy texts of old men, σκυθρός, π., φειδωλός [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
adverb -ρῶς
pedantically, [
Refs 1st c.BC+];
with rigid accuracy, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV adverb -ρῶς
harshly, bitterly, vindictively, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχειν τισί, πρός τινας, [
NT+5th c.BC+]:
comparative -ότερον[
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
superlative -ότατα[
Refs 8th c.BC+] and
Epic dialect; ῐ frequently in Trag., as [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: ι therefore is not long by nature as in μικρός.]
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