σκληρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, also Dor., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Epich.[288]</span>, hyperdor. σκλᾱρός <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.104c</span>:—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[hard]], opp. [[μαλακός]] in all senses: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> [[hard]] to the touch, ξύλον σ. ἢ μαλακόν <span class="bibl">Thgn.1194</span>; [[ἐλαία]] Pi.l.c.; γῆ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>319</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>16.11</span>; κοίτη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>942d</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of sound, [[harsh]], σκληρὸν ἐβρόντησε <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>839</span>; βρονταί <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.12</span>; ἡ φωνὴ σκληροτέρα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Aud.</span>801b38</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of taste and smell, [[harsh]], [[bitter]], <b class="b3">σ. ὕδατα</b> (springing from a rocky soil) Hp.Aër.1; so σκληρότατος ἀὴρ καὶ τόπος <span class="bibl">Plb.4.21.5</span>; of wine, [[dry]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>579</span>, Dsc. <span class="title">Alex.Praef.</span>; ὀσμαί <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.14.12</span> (Comp.): metaph., σ. φράσις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[stiff]], [[unyielding]], opp. [[ὑγρός]] (lithe and supple), τιτθία σ. καὶ κυδώνια <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1199</span>; σκληρότεροι μαστοί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>688a27</span>; σκέλη <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.6</span>; <b class="b3">τί τὸ ὑγρὸν τοῦ χαλινοῦ καὶ τί τὸ σ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">10.10</span>; of the hair (cf. [[σκληρόθριξ]]), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>517b11</span> (Comp.), al.; <b class="b3">σ. δέρμα, σάρξ</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>665a2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phgn.</span>806b22</span>, etc.; of persons, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>162b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>196a</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ages.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>21</span>; of dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>3.2</span>; [[τράχηλος]] ib.<span class="bibl">5.30</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τὸ σῶμα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>873a34</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κοιλίη σ</b>. [[costive]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span> 3.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>670b9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> of light, [[strong]], ἐν σ. αὐγῇ ἢ μαλακῇ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Col.</span>793b17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> of a wind, [[strong]], Ep.Jac.3.4, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.110</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>9.57</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of things, [[hard]], [[austere]], μὴ τὰ μαλακὰ μῶσο, μὴ τὰ σ. ἔχῃς Epich. l.c.; τροφή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1615</span>; δίαιται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>525.5</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Men.522</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σ</b>. [[hard words]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1406</span>; σ. συμφοραί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>684.3</span>; σκληρὰ μαλθακῶς λέγων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>774</span>; <b class="b3">τόνος ἀπηνὴς καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>2</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σ</b>. = [[σκληρότης]], ἡ δίαιτα . . ὑπερβάλλει ἐπὶ τὸ σ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1270b33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[harsh]], [[austere]], [[cruel]], [[stubborn]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>155e</span>, Ti.Locr. l.c.; <b class="b3">σ. ἀοιδός</b>, of the Sphinx, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>36</span>; σ. γὰρ αἰεί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>500</span>; ὦ σ. δαῖμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1264</span>; τοὺς τρόπους σκληρός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>350</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγροικοι καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1128a9</span>; σ. ψυχή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1361</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1260</span>(anap.); σ. ἄγαν φρονήματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>473</span>; ἦθος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>195e</span>; <b class="b3">σ. θράσος</b> [[stubborn]] courage, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>261</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv., <b class="b3">-ρῶς καθῆσθαι</b>, i.e. [[on a hard seat]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>783</span>; εὐνάζεσθαι <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyn.</span>12.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[hardly]], [[with difficulty]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>282.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[harshly]], [[obstinately]], σ. διαμάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>629a</span>; [[ἀπειλεῖν]] ib.<span class="bibl">885d</span>; τὰ μαλακὰ σ. καὶ τὰ σκληρὰ μαλακῶς λέγειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1408b9</span>; σ. αὐλεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aud.</span> 803a20</span>. (Prob. cogn. with [[σκέλλω]].)</span>