σκληρός

sklhrov" sklhrov",
sklhrav,
sklhrovn (
skevllw,
sklhnai, (to dry up, be dry)), from (Hesiod, Theognis), Pindar, Aeschylus down; the Septuagint for hv,q;, hard, harsh, rough, stiff (
tav
sklhrav
kaiv
tav
malakav, Xen) mem. 3, 10, 1); of men, metaphorically, harsh, stern, hard: (; ; ; many examples from secular authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2; especially Trench, sec. xiv.)); of things:
a[nemo", violent, rough, ;
oJ
lovgo", offensive and intolerable, , equivalent to
o{"
skandalivzei, 61;
sklhrav
lalei'n
katav
tivno", to speak hard and bitter things against one, (
sklhrav
lalei'n
tivni is also used of one who speaks roughly, ,;
ajpokrivnesqai
sklhrav, to reply with threats, );
sklhrovn
ejsti followed by an infinitive, it is dangerous, turns out badly (A. V. it is hard), Rec.;.*