cruel
From LSJ
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
Of persons: P. and V. ὠμός, ἄγριος, ἀγνώμων, δεινός, πικρός, σκληρός, σχέτλιος, τραχύς, Ar. and P. χαλεπός, V. ὠμόφρων, δυσάλγητος.
Merciless: P. ἀπαραίτητος, V. νηλής, δυσπαραίτητος, Ar. and V. ἄτεγκτος.
Of things: P. and V. δεινός, ὠμός, πικρός, σκληρός, σχέτλιος, Ar. and P. χαλεπός.
