ἀπηνής
Κάλλιστον ἐν κήποισι φύεται ῥόδον → Pulchrius in hortis gignitur nihil rosa → Die Rose ist das Schönste, was im Garten wächst
English (LSJ)
ές, Ep. Adj.
A ungentle, rough, hard, of persons, Il.1.340; ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀ. 16.35, cf. Od.18.381; θυμὸς ὑπερφίαλος καὶ ἀ. Il. 15.94; μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κρατερόν τε ib.202, cf. Od.18.381, al.; ὃς μὲν ἀπηνὴς αὐτὸς ἔη καὶ ἀπηνέα εἰδῇ cruel himself and full of cruel thoughts, 19.329.—Rare in Att. (never in Trag.), ὅπως τοῖς ἔξωθεν μηδὲν δείξειαν ἀπηνές Ar.Nu.974 (anap.); ἀπηνές τι εἰπεῖν Pl.Phdr.257b (but ἀπηχές (q.v.) Hermias adloc.), cf.Lg.950b, Call.Iamb.1.257; freq. in later Prose, as Onos.42.23, Phld.D.3Fr.69, D.S.9.24, Plu.2.678b, 970c, Luc.Nec.18; τὸ ἐς ἀλλήλους ἀ. Procop.Goth.4.35: Comp. -έστερος J.BJ5.7.4, Adam.2.44: Sup. -έστατος Ael.NA3.26; τοῖς φίλοις J.BJ 1.24.8. Adv. -νῶς D.Chr.32.53, Plu.2.19b; πρὸς φίλους ἀπηνῶς ζῆν ib.525d: Comp. -έστερον J.AJ11.6.9. II in physical sense, σπλὴν ἀ. hard, Aret.SD1.14, cf. 2.12; unpleasant to taste, CA1.5. (Cf. προσ-ηνής, Goth. ansts 'favour'.)
