φρικώδης
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος → that pollution never wears out, that pollution can never grow old
English (LSJ)
ες,
A attended with shivering, πνρετὸς φ. a fever with shivering fits, ague, Hp.Epid.1.2, Sor.1.59; δυσουρία φ. Hp.Aph.3.5; οἱ φ. those who suffer from such fits, Id.Coac.12, al.; τὸ φ. roughness, unevenness of the skin, as in aguish fits, ib.17, cf. Gal.6.195. II that causes shuddering or horror, awful, horrible, ὄψις Ar.Ra.1336 (lyr.); τὰ δεινὰ καὶ φ. And.1.29; φρικώδη κλύειν horrible to hear, E.Hipp.1202; freq. in later Prose, δόξαι φ. Phld.Mus. p.50 K.; φ. ἄποψις, θέαμα, Arist.Mir.843a16, Plu.Marc.15, Anon. Oxy. 416.9, Jul.Or.1.31c; τὸ -έστατον τῶν κακῶν ὁ θάνατος Epicur.Ep.3p.61U.; -έστατος ὅρκος PStrassb.48.6 (vi A. D.), etc.: neut. φρικῶδες, as Adv., horribly, E.Hipp.1216. b inspiring religious awe, Plu. TG21 (Sup.), Aristid.1.256J. Adv. Sup., ἁγιώτατα καὶ φρικωδέστατα ἔχειν, of the terrors of a court of justice, D.23.74.
