ἐπισμυγερός
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A gloomy, sad, Ἀχλύς Hes.Sc.264; αἶσα A.R. 4.1065.—Hom. has only the Adv. -ρῶς, ἀπέτεισεν sadly did he pay for it, Od.3.195; ἐ. ναυτίλλεται at his peril, to his misfortune doth he sail, 4.672, cf.A.R.1.616.
German (Pape)
[Seite 980] schmählich, schrecklich, jämmerlich, ἀχλύς Hes. Sc. 264; αἶσα Ap. Rh. 4, 1065. – Adv., ἐπισμυγερῶς ἀπέτισεν, schmählich büßte er, Od. 3, 194; ναυτίλλεται 4, 672; öfter bei Ap. Rh.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπισμῠγερός: -ά, -όν, οἰκτρός, ἐλεεινός, πὰρ δ’ Ἀχλὺς εἱστήκει, ἐπισμυγερὴ καὶ αἰνὴ Ἡσ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρ. 264· αἶσα Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Δ. 1065. ― Ὁ Ὅμ. ἔχει μόνον τὸ ἐπίρρ., ἐπισμυγερῶς ἀπέτισεν,. οἰκτρῶς, ὀδυνηρῶς ἐπλήρωσεν, Ὀδ. Γ. 195· ἐπισμυγερῶς ναυτίλλεται, «ἐπὶ κακῷ τῷ ἐαυτοῦ, ἐπιπόνως» (Σχολιαστ.), «ἀθλίως, χαλεπῶς… παρέλκει δὲ ἡ ἐπὶ» (ὁ αὐτ.). Δ. 672.
