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νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
For cutting: P. and V. τομός (Plat.), V. ὀξύθηκτος, θηκτός, συντεθηγμένος, τεθηγμένος, Ar. and V. ὀξύς, ὀξύστομος.
Stinging (of taste): P. and V. πικρός. Ar. and P. δριμύς, P. ὀξύς.
Giving pain: Ar. and P. ὀδυνηρός, V. διώδυνος.
Bitter (of words, etc.): P. and V. πικρός, V. τεθηγμένος.
Of sight: Ar. and P. ὀξύς.
Of wits: Ar. and P. ὀξύς. P. and V. δριμύς (Plat. and Eur., Cycl.), see clever.
Of sound: P. and V. ὀξύς, V. λιγύς (also Plat. but rare P.), ὄρθιος, πικρός, διάτορος, Ar. and V. ὑπέρτονος.
Quick: P. and V. ταχύς; see quick.
Getting more than one's share: P. πλεονεκτικός.
