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πικρόγλωσσος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: pikroglōssos

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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