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στρυφνός

στρυφνός, rough, harsh, astringent

στρυφνός, ή, όν, of taste,
  • sour, harsh, astringent, Pl. Ti. 65d, X. Hier. 1.22, Thphr. HP 3.12.4, Gal. 6.68,450; τὸ σ. συνάγεν τὰν γεῦσιν πέφυκε Ti.Locr. 101c; σ. μῆλα Antiph. 188; βόλβα (because served with vinegar, etc.) Luc. Epigr. 46; οἶνος Dsc. 5.6; γάλα Sor. 1.91; μᾶζα Hsch.; στρυφνοῦ καὶ αὐστηροῦ τὸ κοινὸν γένος ὀνομάζεται στῦφον Gal. 6.475; τὸ σ. defined as more στῦφον than τὸ αὐστηρόν, ib. 778, 15.641.
    • II metaph. of temper or manner, harsh, austere, σ. ἦθος Ar. V. 877, Arist. HA 491b16; ἄνθρωποι X. Cyr. 2.2.11 (Comp.); οἱ σ. Arist. EN 1157b14; ἐν τοῖς σ. καὶ πρεσβυτικοῖς ib. 1158a2; οἴνου πολίτης ὢν κρατίστου στρυφνὸς εἶ Amphis 36. Adv. -νῶς, ἐχθροῖς προσφερόμεθα Eust. 931.45.
      • 2 of style, harsh, austere, D.H. Amm. 2.2; τὸ τραχὺ καὶ σ. (v.l. στριφνόν) Id. Comp. 22.
    • III stiff, rigid, dub. in Hp. VM 14, 15 (στριφν- cod. M); οὐρή dub. in Opp. C. 1.411 (v.l. στριφνή).

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