δρῑμύς

δρῑμύς
δρῑμύς
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: `sharp, herb, bitter' (Il.).
Compounds: δριμυλέων as philosophical surname (Gal.)
Derivatives: δριμύλος (Mosch.; dimin., cf. ἡδύλος etc. Chantr. Form. 250); δριμύτης, -ητος f. `sharpness etc.' (Ion.-Att.). Denomin. δριμύσσω `cause a biting pain' (esp. medic.; Debrunner IF 21, 243) with δρίμυξις and δριμυγμός; also δριμεύω (Anon. in EN).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: The old interpretation as `splitting, cutting from *δρῑ̆σ-μύς (for *δρῑ̆σ-μός) is not convincing (Persson Beitr. 2, 779). No etymology; Pre-Greek?
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Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

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