πικρᾶς (pikras)

πικρᾶς is an Ancient Greek form of πικρός, meaning “bitter, sharp”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

Found 45 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 5.1.18: Τῆς παιδείας ἔφη τὰς μὲν ῥίζας εἶναι πικράς, τὸν δὲ καρπὸν γλυκύν. ἐρωτηθεὶς τί γηράσκει ταχύ, χάρις, ἔφη. ἐρωτηθεὶς τί ἐστιν ἐλπίς, ἐγρηγορότος, εἶπεν, …

Euripides, Medea 1388: πικρὰς τελευτὰς τῶν ἐμῶν γάμων ἰδών.

Euripides, Electra 160: πικρᾶς μὲν πελέκεως τομᾶς

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.