πικραντικός
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A disposed to bitterness. Adv. -κῶς, διατίθεσθαι S.E.M.7.367.
German (Pape)
[Seite 614] Bitterkeit erregend, bitter; διατίθεμαι, ἀψινθίου τῇ γεύσει προσαχθέντος, Sext. Emp. adv. log. 1, 367.
