σκυθρωπός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=σκυθρωπόν, also σκυθρωπή, σκυθρωπόν Hp.''Epid.''3.17.ιδ, Ephor.''Fr.''96J., Plu. 2.417c, etc.: ([[σκυθρός]], [[ὤψ]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> of [[sad]] or [[angry]] [[countenance]], [[sullen]], [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 271, ''Hipp.''1152; ὄμμα καὶ πρόσωπον Id.''Ph.''1333; σ. τοῖς ξένοις Id.''Alc.''774; ἐπὶ τοῖς κακοῖς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.4; opp. [[ἱλαρός]], [[φαιδρός]], ib. 2.7.12, 3.10.4; also of affected gravity, D.45.68, Aeschin.3.20: τὸ [[σκυθρωπόν]] = [[σκυθρωπότης]] ([[sullenness]]), [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''797, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 206d. Adv., [[σκυθρωπῶς]] [[ἔχειν]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.7.1: Comp. [[σκυθρωπότερον]] = [[with greater severity]], J.''BJ''6.2.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[gloomy]], [[sad]], [[melancholy]], γῆρας E.''Ba.''1252; ὁδός Archyt. ap. Stob.3.1.105 (Comp.); μέλη Paus.10.7.5; ἡμέρα Plu.''Dem.''30 (Sup.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of colour, [[sad-coloured]], [[dark and dull]], of the river [[Μέλας]], Him.''Or.''23.22; of wine, ib.9.4.