πικρ-ία, ἡ,
bitterness:
__1 of taste, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.7, “Od.” 32, LXX.Jer.15.17, “Placita Philosophorum” 3.16.2, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.61, etc. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__2 of temper, τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.204, compare 25.84, “Ep.” 3.33, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1251a4, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.56W.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι π. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.4.11; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Ccr.” 15 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις π. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.88; λόγος π. ἔχων μεμιγμένην χάριτι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 19. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 of circumstances, ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ π. [[ “BGU” 417.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]