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πικρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πικρός πικρᾱ́ πικρόν

Structure: πικρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from peu/kh

Sense

  1. pointed, sharp, keen

Examples

  • κἀγὼ γὰρ οὐ καυλοῖσιν οὐδὲ σιλφίῳ οὐδ’ ἱεροσύλοισ καὶ πικραῖσ παροψίσι βολβοῖσ τ’ ἐμαυτὸν χορτάσων ἐλήλυθα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52169)
  • σὺ μὲν θρασύσ τε καὶ πικραῖσ δύαισιν οὐδὲν ἐπιχαλᾷσ, ἄγαν δ’ ἐλευθεροστομεῖσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • ὀρεί‐ α δ’ ἀθυρόστομοσ Ἀχὼ τηλεφανὴσ πικραῖσ οἰμωγαῖσ ὑπακούει. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, antistrophe 22)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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