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πικρόγλωσσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πικρόγλωσσος πικρόγλωσσον

Structure: πικρογλωσς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of sharp or bitter tongue

Examples

  • τέκνοισ δ’ ἀγρίασ ἐφῆκεν ἐπικότουσ τροφᾶσ, αἰαῖ, πικρογλώσσουσ ἀράσ, καί σφε σιδαρονόμῳ διὰ χερί ποτε λαχεῖν κτήματα· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 51)

Synonyms

  1. of sharp or bitter tongue

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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