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πικραίνω

πικραίνω, to make sharp

πικρ-αίνω,
  • make sharp or keen, esp. to the taste, π. τὴν κοιλίαν make it bitter, Apoc. 10.9:— Pass., τὸ στόμα πικραίνεται Hp. Acut. 30: opp. γλυκαίνεσθαι, Arist. Ph. 244b20.
      • 2 metaph., embitter, irritate, τὴν ψυχήν LXX Jb. 27.2; τὴν ἀκοήν affect it harshly, opp. γλυκαίνω, D.H. Comp. 12, 15; make harsh, νόμους cj. in A. Eu. 693:—Pass., to be exasperated, embittered, Pl. Lg. 731d, Theoc. 5.120; ὁ ζωγράφος πονεῖ τι καὶ π. vexes himself, Antiph. 144.3; π. ἐπί τισι LXX Ex. 16.20; ἔν τισι ib. Ru. 1.20; also ἐπικράνθη μοι it grieved me, ib. 13.
      • 3 of style, make harsh or rugged, διάλεκτον D.H. Dem. 55, cf. 34.

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