ἅλμην πιόντες ἐξαπῆλθον τοῦ βίου → they drank seawater and departed from life
adj.
Stern: P. and V. σκληρός, πικρός, σχέτλιος, τραχύς, Ar. and V. χαλεπός; see also pitiless. Of climate; P. χειμέριος, Ar. and V. δυσχείμερος. Exact, accurate: P. and V. ἀκριβής.