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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

pointed, sharp, keen

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	πικρός	πικρᾱ́	πικρόν
	Genitive	πικροῦ	πικρᾶς	πικροῦ
	Dative	πικρῷ	πικρᾷ	πικρῷ
	Accusative	πικρόν	πικρᾱ́ν	πικρόν
	Vocative	πικρέ	πικρᾱ́	πικρόν
Dual	N/A/V	πικρώ	πικρᾱ́	πικρώ
Dual	G/D	πικροῖν	πικραῖν	πικροῖν
Plural	Nominative	πικροί	πικραί	πικρά
	Genitive	πικρῶν	πικρῶν	πικρῶν
	Dative	πικροῖς	πικραῖς	πικροῖς
	Accusative	πικρούς	πικρᾱ́ς	πικρά
	Vocative	πικροί	πικραί	πικρά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	πικρός πικροῦ	πικρότερος πικροτεροῦ	πικρότατος πικροτατοῦ
Adverb	πικρώς	πικρότερον	πικρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

κἄπειθ’ ὑποβλεπώμεθ’ ὡσ ἐγνωσμένοι, γλώσσησ πικροῖσ κέντροισι κλῃδουχούμενοι· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:19)
ἃ δέ γε Αἰσχίνησ περὶ αὐτοῦ γράφει συκοφαντῶν, ὥσπερ ἔφην, τοτὲ μὲν ὡσ πικροῖσ καὶ περιέργοισ ὀνόμασι χρωμένου, τοτὲ δ’ ὡσ ἀηδέσι καὶ φορτικοῖσ, ῥᾳδίασ ἔχει τὰσ ἀπολογίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 551)
"ὦ Θέων, εἴρηκε τῶν τραγικῶν ὡσ ἰατροὶ πικρὰν πικροῖσ κλύζουσι φαρμάκοισ χολήν; (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 7 1:1)
στεφανηπλοκοῦντοσ ἐξ ἁπαλῶν καὶ ἀνθηρῶν ὀνομάτων μήτ’ αὖ πάλιν, ὡσ ὁ Πυθέασ τὸν Δημοσθένουσ ἔλεγεν, ἐλλυχνίων ὄζων καὶ σοφιστικῆσ περιεργίασ ἐνθυμήμασι πικροῖσ καὶ περιόδοισ πρὸσ κανόνα καὶ διαβήτην ἀπηκριβωμέναισ· (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 6 1:1)
ἰδίαν εἶναι φωνὴν ὥσπερ τινὸσ ζῴου τῆσ φιλίασ, τὸ δ’ ἀπαρρησίαστον ἄφιλον καὶ ἀγεννέσ, οὐδὲ ταύτην ἀμίμητον ἀπολέλοιπεν, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ οἱ δεινοὶ τῶν ὀψοποιῶν τοῖσ πικροῖσ χυμοῖσ καὶ αὐστηροῖσ ἡδύσμασι χρῶνται, τῶν γλυκέων ἀφαιροῦντεσ τὸ πλήσμιον, οὕτωσ οἱ κόλακεσ; (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 5 6:1)

Synonyms

pointed
- ὀξύς (: sharp, keen)
- ἄκρος (pointed, sharp)
- ὀξύς (sharp, pointed )
- ὀξύπρῳρος (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυπευκής (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυπαγής (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυόεις (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυβελής (sharp-pointed)
- θηγαλέος (pointed, sharp)
- ὀξυτόμος (sharp-cutting, keen)
- περιπευκής (very sharp, keen or painful)
- ὀξύθηκτος (sharp-edged, sharp-pointed)
- εὔσκοπος (sharp-seeing, keen-sighted, watchful)

στρυφνός (rough)
μισοτύραννος (a tyrant-hater)
λωποδύτης (one who slips into another's clothes)
ὀξύθυμος (quick to anger)
δηκτικός (able to bite)
φύρω (to mix)
ὀργίλος (prone to anger)
δριμύς (sharp)
βάσκανος (slanderous)
βρέγμα (the bone directly above the brain)
ἐπίπλαστος (plastered over)
μέλαν (black pigment)
μέλας (dark)
ἀπαραίτητος (not to be moved by prayer)
καταφρόνημα (contempt)
ἔχις (snake)
ἐκπνέω (to breathe out or forth)
ψυχρός (cold)
πικρότης (pungency)
προδοτικός (traitorous)
ὑποχόνδριος (Under the ribs)
δριμύτης (pungency)
ἁλμυρός (salt)
μέλημα (the object of care)
μητραλοίης (striking one's mother)
πανσπερμία (a mixture of all seeds)
σίραιον (new wine)
παιδοφόνος (killing children)
ἔντασις (tension)
ὕπερος (a pestle to bray and pound with)

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