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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

  • Μνησίθεοσ δ’ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν ’ ἁλυκοί,’ φησίν, ’ καὶ γλυκεῖσ χυμοὶ πάντεσ ὑπάγουσι τὰσ κοιλίασ, οἱ δὲ ὀξεῖσ καὶ δριμεῖσ λύουσι τὴν οὔρησιν, οἱ δὲ πικροὶ μᾶλλον μὲν εἰσιν οὐρητικοί, λύουσι δ’ αὐτῶν ἔνιοι καὶ τὰσ κοιλίασ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 93 2:2)
  • εἰ δὲ συνεχῶσ μέμνημαι Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων, συγγνώμην ἐχέτωσαν οἱ πάνυ δριμεῖσ, ὅτι τῶν τοιούτων παραδειγμάτων ὑμᾶσ ἀξίουσ κρίνω, καὶ πρὸσ Ἕλληνασ, ὡσ οἶμαι, διαλεγόμενοσ οὐκ ἄλλων τινῶν μᾶλλον ἡγοῦμαι πρέπειν μνημονεύειν ἢ τῶν ἄκρωσ Ἑλλήνων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 3:2)
  • τοῦτο δὲ ἔφη μόνουσ εὑρίσκειν τοὺσ κομψούσ τε καὶ δριμεῖσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 37:1)
  • ὥστ’ ἐξ ἁπάντων τούτων ἔντονοι καὶ δριμεῖσ γίγνονται, ἐπιστάμενοι τὸν δεσπότην λόγῳ τε θωπεῦσαι καὶ ἔργῳ ὑπελθεῖν, σμικροὶ δὲ καὶ οὐκ ὀρθοὶ τὰσ ψυχάσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 189:1)

Synonyms

  1. sharp

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