γλυκύπικρος
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
ον,
A sweetly bitter, Ἔρος . . γ. ὄρπετον Sapph.40, cf. AP5.133 (Posid.), 12.109 (Mel.), Plu.2.681b; of news, 'a gilded pill', Cic.Att.5.21.4; ἡδονή Ph.1.678: later in literal sense, Gal.11.586.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γλῠκύπικρος: -ον, μετὰ γλυκύτητος πικρός, ἔρος Σαπφὼ 37· πρβλ. Πλάτ. Φιλ. 46D, E.
English (Slater)
γλυκύπικρος
1 bitter-sweet ]γλυ[κ]υπικ[ρ (supp. Lobel, dubitanter, cll. (I. 7.48) ) Θρ. 2. 7.
Spanish (DGE)
(γλῠκύπῑκρος) -ον
• Prosodia: [-ῠ-]
dulce y amargode un remedio, Sophr.1.3, Dsc.1.47, Gal.11.586, como cualidad τὸ γ. Thphr.Fr.89.4
•fig. Ἔρος Sapph.130.2, Posidipp.Epigr.1.4, AP 5.134, cf. 12.109 (Mel.), Musae.166, Nonn.D.42.441, ἡδονή Plu.2.681b, Ph.1.678, τῆς πολυπραγμοσύνης γαργαλισμός Plu.2.522c
•irón. de noticias, Cic.Att.114.4.
