sourness

From LSJ

Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. αὐστηρότης, ἡ.

of temper: P. and V. πικρότης, ἡ. Ar. and P. δυσκολία, ἡ, P. αὐστηρότης, ἡ; see anger.