πικρότερον (pikroteron)

πικρότερον is an Ancient Greek form of πικρός, meaning “bitter, sharp”. It is the accusative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 29 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Themistocles 21.2: Τιμοκρέων δʼ ὁ Ῥόδιος μελοποιὸς ἐν ᾄσματι καθάπτεται πικρότερον τοῦ Θεμιστοκλέους, ὡς ἄλλους μὲν ἐπὶ χρήμασι φυγάδας διαπραξαμένου κατελθεῖν, αὐτὸν δὲ ξένον ὄντα καὶ φίλον π …

Julian, Emperor of Rome, The Caesars 36: … ίττετο δ’ αὐτὰ πάλαι μὲν ἥ τε κόμη τό τε εἶδος, ἀτὰρ νῦν καὶ ἡ γνώμη σοῦ κατηγορεῖ. τούτου μὲν οὖν ὁ Σειληνὸς πικρότερόν πως καθήψατο.

All forms of πικρός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.