θυμοδακής

• biting the heart, θ. γὰρ μῦθος Od. 8.185; ζάλου κέντρον AP 9.77 (Antip. Thess.): in late Prose, μῦθοι Aret. CA 1.1, cf. Jul. Or. 2. 96a.

[θυμός + δακ-, δάκνω.]

Biting the heart, stinging to action: μῦθος Od. 8.185.

(Cf. δάκε φρένας μῦθος Il. 5.493.)

• biting the heart, Od., Anth.