δριμύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εῖα, ύ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[piercing]], [[sharp]], [[keen]], βέλος <span class="bibl">Il.11.270</span>: metaph., δριμεῖα μάχη <span class="bibl">15.696</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>261</span>; δ. χόλος <span class="bibl">Il.18.322</span>; μένος <span class="bibl">Od.24.319</span>; ἄχος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>457</span>; θυμός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>391</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things which affect the eyes or taste, [[keen]], [[pungent]], [[acrid]], of smoke, δριμύτατος καπνῶν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>146</span>; of radish, etc., opp. <b class="b3">γλυκύς</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.154</span> (Sup.); χυμός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>422b13</span>; <b class="b3">ὀσμαί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">421a30</span>; δριμέσιν ἰητρεύειν [[with pungent drugs]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>27</span>; δ. οἶνος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>18</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-έως</b>: Comp. δριμύτερον, ὄζειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>907a13</span>; ῥεύματος δριμύτερον γενομένου <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., of persons, [[bitter]], [[fierce]], ἀλάστωρ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1501</span> (lyr.); ἄγροικος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>808</span>, etc.; also, [[keen]], [[shrewd]], κρόταλον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>104</span>; ἔντονοι καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173a</span>; <b class="b3">δ. καὶ δικανικός</b> ib. <span class="bibl">175d</span>; δ. ἐν τῷ ἀποκρίνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Top.</span>156b37</span>; λόγος δριμύτατος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">SE</span>182b37</span> (but <b class="b3">λέξις</b> and <b class="b3">λόγος δ</b>. of [[striking]] turns of phrase, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">2.5</span>): neut. as Adv., <b class="b3">δριμὺ βλέπειν</b> look [[bitter]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 562</span>; but also to look [[sharply]], [[keenly]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>519a</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>16</span>; ἐνορᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>14.22</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.59.26</span>:—regul. Adv. <b class="b3">δριμέως</b>, <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.15.3</span>; ἐρασθῆναι <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>7.15</span>; δριμύτατα ἀλγεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VH</span> 12.1</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[sharp]], [[herb]], [[bitter]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">δριμυλέων</b> as philosophical surname (Gal.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δριμύλος</b> (Mosch.; dimin., cf. <b class="b3">ἡδύλος</b> etc. Chantr. Form. 250); <b class="b3">δριμύτης</b>, <b class="b3">-ητος</b> f. <b class="b2">sharpness etc.</b> (Ion.-Att.). Denomin. <b class="b3">δριμύσσω</b> [[cause a biting pain]] (esp. medic.; Debrunner IF 21, 243) with <b class="b3">δρίμυξις</b> and <b class="b3">δριμυγμός</b>; also <b class="b3">δριμεύω</b> (Anon. in EN).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The old interpretation as <b class="b2">splitting,</b> cutting from <b class="b3">*δρισ-μύς</b> (for <b class="b3">*δρισ-μός</b>) is not convincing (Persson Beitr. 2, 779). No etymology; Pre-Greek?