G0840

αὐστηρός

austērosG:A

severe

αὐστηρός, -ά, -όν (αἄω, to dry up) [in LXX: 2Ma.14:30 * ;] prop., stringent, harsh to the taste. Metaphorical, in Inscr., of a rough country; of disposition and manners, strict, severe (as in π., of an inspector; MM, s v): Luk.19:21-22.† SYN.: σκληρός (Tr., § xiv) (AS)

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αὐστηρός — austērós

αὐστηρός, ἀυστηρα, ἀυστηρον (from αὔω to dry up), harsh (Latinausterus), stringent of taste, ἀυστηρον καί γλυκύ (καί πικρόν), Plato, legg. 10, 897 a.; οἶνος, Diogenes Laërtius 7, 117. of mind and manners, harsh, rough, rigid (cf. Trench, § xiv.): Luk 19:21-22; (Polybius 4, 20, 7; Diogenes Laërtius 7, 26, etc. 2Ma 14:30).

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