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δριμύς

δριμύς, piercing, sharp, keen

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δριμύτατον masculine accusative singular superlative, neuter nominative singular superlative, neuter vocative singular superlative, neuter accusative singular superlative of δριμύς

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δρῑμύς, εῖα, ύ,
  • 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.).
    • II of things which affect the eyes or taste, keen, pungent, acrid, of smoke, δριμύτατος καπνῶν Ar. V. 146; of radish, etc., opp. γλυκύς, X. 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. -έως: Comp. δριμύτερον, ὄζειν Arist. Pr. 907a13; ῥεύματος δριμύτερον γενομένου Hp. VM 18.
    • III metaph., of persons, bitter, fierce, ἀλάστωρ A. Ag. 1501 (lyr.); ἄγροικος Ar. Eq. 808, etc.; also, keen, shrewd, κρόταλον E. Cyc. 104; ἔντονοι καὶ δ. Pl. Tht. 173a; δ. καὶ δικανικός ib. 175d; δ. ἐν τῷ ἀποκρίνεσθαι Arist. Top. 156b37; λόγος δριμύτατος Id. SE 182b37 (but λέξις and λόγος δ. of striking turns of phrase, Hermog. Id. 1.2, 2.5): neut. as Adv., δριμὺ βλέπειν look bitter, Ar. Ra. 562; but also to look sharply, keenly, Pl. R. 519a, Luc. Symp. 16; ἐνορᾶν Id. Cat. 3, Ael. VH 14.22, D.C. 59.26:—regul. Adv. δριμέως, Anaxandr. 15.3; ἐρασθῆναι Ael. NA 7.15; δριμύτατα ἀλγεῖν Id. VH 12.1.

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