II. of flavour, astringent, sour, acid, “μέλι” AP4.1.22 (Mel.); σταγών ib.9.561 (Phil.).
III. metaph., harsh, severe, cruel, “ἐφέται” A.Pers.79 (lyr.); “Κόλχοι” Orph.A.1012. (στυφελός was a Clitorian word for hard. rough, and used at Cyrene for χέρσος, acc. to Zenod. ap. Sch. A.R.2.1005.)