ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...
sheer, steep: P. ἀπόκρημνος, κρημνώδης, ἀπότομος (Plato), ἀπόρρωξ (Xen.), V. ὑψηλόκρημνος, ὀκρίς; see steep.
of speech: P. βραχύλογος.