δριμύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /driː.mýs/ → /ðriˈmys/ → /ðriˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /driː.mýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /driˈmys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðriˈmys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðriˈmys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðriˈmis/

Adjective

δρῑμῠ́ς • (drīmús) m (feminine δρῑμεῖᾰ, neuter δρῑμῠ́); first/third declension

1. sharp, piercing, cutting
2. pungent, bitter, acrid
3. keen, shrewd

Inflection

First and third declension of δρῑμῠ́ς; δρῑμεῖᾰ; δρῑμῠ́ (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δρῑμῠ́ς drīmús	δρῑμεῖᾰ drīmeîa	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú		δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμείᾱ drīmeíā	δρῑμέε drīmée		δρῑμεῖς drīmeîs	δρῑμεῖαι drīmeîai	δρῑμέᾰ drīméa
Genitive		δρῑμέος drīméos	δρῑμείᾱς drīmeíās	δρῑμέος drīméos		δρῑμέοιν drīméoin	δρῑμείαιν drīmeíain	δρῑμέοιν drīméoin		δρῑμέων drīméōn	δρῑμειῶν drīmeiôn	δρῑμέων drīméōn
Dative		δρῑμεῖ drīmeî	δρῑμείᾳ drīmeíāi	δρῑμεῖ drīmeî		δρῑμέοιν drīméoin	δρῑμείαιν drīmeíain	δρῑμέοιν drīméoin		δρῑμέσῐ / δρῑμέσῐν drīmési(n)	δρῑμείαις drīmeíais	δρῑμέσῐ / δρῑμέσῐν drīmési(n)
Accusative		δρῑμῠ́ν drīmún	δρῑμεῖᾰν drīmeîan	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú		δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμείᾱ drīmeíā	δρῑμέε drīmée		δρῑμεῖς drīmeîs	δρῑμείᾱς drīmeíās	δρῑμέᾰ drīméa
Vocative		δρῑμῠ́ drīmú	δρῑμεῖᾰ drīmeîa	δρῑμῠ́ drīmú		δρῑμέε drīmée	δρῑμείᾱ drīmeíā	δρῑμέε drīmée		δρῑμεῖς drīmeîs	δρῑμεῖαι drīmeîai	δρῑμέᾰ drīméa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δρῑμέως drīméōs				δρῑμῠ́τερος drīmúteros				δρῑμῠ́τᾰτος drīmútatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Drimys

References

• “δριμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δριμύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δριμύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δριμύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δριμύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δριμύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acrid idem, page 9.
  • bright idem, page 98.
  • discerning idem, page 229.
  • harsh idem, page 387.
  • hot idem, page 407.
  • keen idem, page 467.
  • penetrating idem, page 603.
  • piercing idem, page 612.
  • pungent idem, page 657.
  • quick idem, page 665.
  • rough idem, page 722.
  • sagacious idem, page 731.
  • sharp idem, page 762.
  • sharp-witted idem, page 763.
  • shrewd idem, page 770.
  • smart idem, page 786.
  • sour idem, page 796.
  • stinging idem, page 818.
  • tart idem, page 856.
  • wit idem, page 983.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN