- ἀπηνής
- ἀπηνής, ές, [dialect] Ep. Adj.A ungentle, rough, hard, of persons, Il.1.340;
ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀ. 16.35
, cf. Od.18.381;θυμὸς ὑπερφίαλος καὶ ἀ. Il. 15.94
; μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κρατερόν τε ib.202, cf. Od.18.381, al.; ὃς μὲν ἀπηνὴς αὐτὸς ἔη καὶ ἀπηνέα εἰδῇ cruel himself and full of cruel thoughts, 19.329.—Rare in [dialect] Att. (never in Trag.),ὅπως τοῖς ἔξωθεν μηδὲν δείξειαν ἀπηνές Ar.Nu.974
(anap.);ἀπηνές τι εἰπεῖν Pl.Phdr.257b
(but ἀπηχές (q.v.) Hermias adloc.), cf.Lg.950b, Call.Iamb.1.257; freq. in later Prose, as Onos.42.23, Phld.D.3Fr.69, D.S.9.24, Plu.2.678b, 970c, Luc.Nec.18;τὸ ἐς ἀλλήλους ἀ. Procop.Goth.4.35
: [comp] Comp.-έστερος J.BJ5.7.4
, Adam.2.44: [comp] Sup.-έστατος Ael.NA3.26
;τοῖς φίλοις J.BJ 1.24.8
. Adv.-νῶς D.Chr.32.53
, Plu.2.19b; πρὸς φίλους ἀπηνῶς ζῆν ib.525d: [comp] Comp.-έστερον J.AJ11.6.9
.II in physical sense,σπλὴν ἀ.
hard,Aret.
SD1.14, cf. 2.12; unpleasant to taste, CA1.5. (Cf. προς-ηνής, Goth. ansts 'favour'.)
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