dire
From LSJ
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
P. and V. δεινός, φοβερός, φρικώδης (Dem. 644), V. δύσχιμος, ἔμφοβος.
suffer some dire calamity: P. ἀνήκεστόν τι πάσχειν.
dīrē, cruellement : Sen. Thyest. 315.
