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δριμύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δριμύς δριμεῖα δριμύ

Structure: δριμυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. sharp, piercing, cutting
  2. pungent, bitter, acrid
  3. keen, shrewd

Examples

  • πᾶσαι δ’ ἀμφ’ ἑνὶ φωτὶ μάχην δριμεῖαν ἔθεντο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:9)
  • οἳ δ’ ὀτραλέωσ ἐνόησαν, ἐσσυμένωσ δέ οἱ ἀμφὶ μάχην δριμεῖαν ἔθεντο· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 37:3)
  • οἳ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐνὶ πρώτοισι μάχην δριμεῖαν ἔγειραν Κόττοσ τε Βριάρεώσ τε Γύησ τ’ ἀάτοσ πολέμοιο, οἵ ῥα τριηκοσίασ πέτρασ στιβαρῶν ἀπὸ χειρῶν πέμπον ἐπασσυτέρασ, κατὰ δ’ ἐσκίασαν βελέεσσι Τιτῆνασ, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν ὑπὸ χθονὸσ εὐρυοδείησ πέμψαν καὶ δεσμοῖσιν ἐν ἀργαλέοισιν ἔδησαν χερσὶν νικήσαντεσ ὑπερθύμουσ περ ἐόντασ, τόσσον ἔνερθ’ ὑπὸ γῆσ, ὅσον οὐρανόσ ἐστ’ ἀπὸ γαίησ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 68:1)
  • μήτρασ ὑείασ ἑφθὸν ὡσ φάγῃσ τόμον, δριμεῖαν ὠθῶν πηγανῖτιν εἰσ χολήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 3:2)
  • θερμὰ τ’ ἔδειν τεμάχη βάπτων δριμεῖαν ἐσ ἅλμην καὶ ξήρ’ ἂν ἐθέλῃσ ἔσθειν γενναῖα πέλονται, ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι φυὴν καὶ εἶδοσ ὅμοια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 67 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. sharp

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