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στρυφνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στρυφνός στρυφνή στρυφνόν

Structure: στρυφν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stu/fw

Sense

  1. rough, harsh, astringent
  2. harsh, austere

Examples

  • φαίνεται δὲ καὶ τὰ διαπάσματα τῶν γυμνικῶν, οἷσ ἀναρπάζουσι τοὺσ ἱδρῶτασ, πικρὰ τῇ γύσει καὶ στυπτικὰ ὄντα σφοδρότητι τοῦ στρυφνοῦ τὸ πικρόν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 22:3)

Synonyms

  1. rough

  2. harsh

Related

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

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