ΔΡΙΜ, δριμ
DRIM, drim
Sounds Like: DREE-moos
Translations: sharp, keen, pungent, severe, harsh, bitter
From the root: ΔΡΙΜΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is likely a truncated or root form of the adjective 'δριμύς' (drimys), which means sharp, keen, or pungent. It can describe something that is physically sharp, like a knife, or something that is mentally keen, like a mind. It can also refer to something that is harsh, severe, or bitter in taste or character. In the provided context, 'ΔΡΙΜΥΛΟΥ' is a genitive form, likely referring to someone named Drimylos, which is derived from 'δριμύς', suggesting a characteristic of sharpness or severity.
Inflection: Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter; Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative; Singular (likely a root or stem form, or an abbreviation)
Strong’s number: G1409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΡΙΜΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΡΙΜΕΙΣ — sharp, severe, harsh, piercing, keen
- ΔΡΙΜΥΣ — sharp, pungent, severe, harsh, bitter, acrid
- ΔΡΙΜΥΤΕΡΟΝ — sharper, more pungent, more severe, more biting, more sharply, more pungently, more severely, more biting
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