πικρότης
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English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ,
A pungency, of taste, bitterness, Hp.Acut.23, VM 19, Pl.Tht.159e, Ti.83b : in pl., ib.82e. II metaph., bitterness, harshness, cruelty, τὴν [Ἀστυάγεος] π. Hdt.1.130 ; γλώσσῃ π. ἔνεστί τις E.El.1014 : pl., αἱ τῶν συκοφαντῶν π. Isoc.15.300.
German (Pape)
[Seite 615] ητος, ἡ, 1) Bitterkeit, Plat. Tim. 83 b Theaet. 159 e. – 2) übtr., Herbigkeit, Strenge des Charakters; Her. 1, 130; Eur. El. 1014; Plut.