αὐστηρός, ά, όν,
(αὕω) harsh, rough, bitter, ὕδωρ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61c, compare “Ti.” 65d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶνος αὐ., opposed to γλυκύς, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 52, “Fract.” 29, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 872b35, 934a34; ὀσμή [prev. author] “de An.” 421a30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of country, rugged, τόποι[[ “OGI” 168.57 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: metaphorically, harsh, crabbed, ποιητής[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; severe, unadorned, ἡ πραγματεία ἔχει αὐ. τι[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.1.2, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 47; γυμνάδος αὐστηρὸν.. πόνον ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]severe, [[ epigram Gr. 201] Refs]. adverb -ρῶς, κατεσκευάσθαι[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 43. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__b in moral sense, rigorous, austere, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1240a2; τοῖς βίοις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.20.7 (_superlative_),compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τοῦ καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον ἀγαθοῦ βασιλέως” p.23 O. (_comparative_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐ. καὶ αὐθάδης[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.27, compare “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.162] Refs 1st c.BC+], Vett. Val.75.11; strict, exacting, [[NT.Luke.19.21, “PTeb.” 315.19 (2nd c.AD)] NT+2nd c.AD+]; αὐστηρότερον, τό, excessive rigour, [[ “BGU” 140.18 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ρῶς[[ 1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus “Vit.Eur. fragment” 39 iv 19:] Refs 1st c.BC+] comparative -ότερον [[LXX.2Mac.14.30.] LXX]