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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

  • νὴ τὸν Δί’ ὅσπερ γ’ ἐστὶ δριμύτατοσ καπνῶν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 4:16)
  • ὅ τε γὰρ τῆσ ἔχθρασ καρπὸσ ἁπάντων πικρότατοσ καὶ δριμύτατοσ, ὥσπερ οἶμαι τοὐναντίον ὁ τῆσ εὐνοίασ ἥδιστοσ καὶ λυσιτελέστατοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 61:2)
  • ἦ μὴν πολὺ δριμύτατόσ γ’ ἦν τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν, καὶ μόνοσ οὐκ ἂν ἐπείθετ’, ἀλλ’ ὁπότ’ ἀντιβολοίη τισ, κάτω κύπτων ἂν οὕτω λίθον ἕψεισ, ἔλεγεν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, strophe 14)

Synonyms

  1. sharp

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