δριμύς: Difference between revisions

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