στρυφνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, of taste, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sour]], [[harsh]], [[astringent]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>65d</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Hier.</span>1.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.12.4</span>, Gal.6.68,450; τὸ σ. συνάγεν τὰν γεῦσιν πέφυκε <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.101c</span>; σ. μῆλα <span class="bibl">Antiph.188</span>; <b class="b3">βόλβα</b> (because served with vinegar, etc.) Luc.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>46; οἶνος Dsc.5.6; γάλα <span class="bibl">Sor.1.91</span>; μᾶζα Hsch.; στρυφνοῦ καὶ αὐστηροῦ τὸ κοινὸν γένος ὀνομάζεται στῦφον Gal.6.475; <b class="b3">τὸ σ</b>. defined as more <b class="b3">στῦφον</b> than <b class="b3">τὸ αὐστηρόν</b>, ib.778, 15.641. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of temper or manner, [[harsh]], [[austere]], σ. ἦθος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>877</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>491b16</span>; ἄνθρωποι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.11</span> (Comp.); <b class="b3">οἱ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1157b14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς σ. καὶ πρεσβυτικοῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1158a2</span>; οἴνου πολίτης ὢν κρατίστου στρυφνὸς εἶ <span class="bibl">Amphis 36</span>. Adv. -νῶς, ἐχθροῖς προσφερόμεθα <span class="bibl">Eust.931.45</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of style, [[harsh]], [[austere]], D.H.<span class="title">Amm.</span> 2.2; <b class="b3">τὸ τραχὺ καὶ σ</b>. (v.l. [[στριφνόν]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Comp.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[stiff]], [[rigid]], dub. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>14</span>,<span class="bibl">15</span> (<b class="b3">στριφν-</b> cod. M); <b class="b3">οὐρή</b> dub. in <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.411</span> (v.l. [[στριφνή]]).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">bitter, of taste, sour, astringent, severe</b> (Pl., Ar., Arist. etc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">-ότης</b> f. [[bitterness]], [[severity]] (Arist., Plu. a.o.), <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[to astringe]] (Plu. [v. l.], Eust.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Expressive adj., which reminds in form and meaning <b class="b3">στύφω</b> (s. v.); anl. <b class="b3">στρ-</b> as in <b class="b3">στριφνός</b>, <b class="b3">στρηνής</b>, <b class="b3">στράγξ</b>. Connection outside Greek is however not excluded: Germ., e.g. OS [[strūf]] [[upright]], [[stiff]], [[raw]], OHG [[strūbēn]] [[be stiff]], [[strauben]]; also Slav., e.g. OCS [[strъpъtъ]] [[rawness]], [[harshness]], Russ. <b class="b2">strúp</b> [[scab]], [[crust of a wound]] etc.; all uncertain; s., except Bq, WP. 2. 635, Pok. 1027, Vasmer s. v., also Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">strùbas</b>; everywhere w. further lit.