σκυθρωπ-ός, όν,
also ή, όν [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.17.ιδ, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus “fragment” 96J., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.417c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (σκυθρός, ὤψ):— of sad or angry countenance, sullen, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 271, “Hipp.” 1152; ὄμμα καὶ πρόσωπον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1333; σ. τοῖς ξένοις [prev. author] Alcaeus774; ἐπὶ τοῖς κακοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.4; opposed to ἱλαρός, φαιδρός, [prev. work] 2.7.12, 3.10.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of affected gravity, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.68, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.20: τὸ σ.,={σκυθρωπότης}, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 797, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb, -πῶς ἔχειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.1: _comparative_ -ότερον] Refs 5th c.BC+] with greater severity, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.2.7. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II of things, gloomy, sad, melancholy, γῆρας [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1252; ὁδός 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.105 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλη [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.7.5; ἡμέρα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 30 (_superlative_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 of colour, sad-coloured, dark and dull, of the river Μέλας, [[ 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 23.22 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; of wine,[[[prev. work] 9.4. ] Refs]