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ἀπηνής

apenes

ungentle, rough, hard

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπηνής, ές, 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 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 ad loc.), 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. -έστερος J. BJ 5.7.4, Adam. 2.44: Sup. -έστατος Ael. NA 3.26; τοῖς φίλοις J. BJ 1.24.8. Adv. -νῶς D.Chr. 32.53, Plu. 2.19b; πρὸς φίλους ἀπηνῶς ζῆν ib.525d: Comp. -έστερον J. AJ 11.6.9. II. in physical sense, σπλὴν ἀ. hard, Aret. SD 1.14, cf. 2.12; unpleasant to taste, CA 1.5. (Cf. προσ-ηνής, Goth. ansts ‘favour’.)
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