A.able to cut, cutting, “κίσηρις” Thphr.Lap.22; “-ώτατος” Pl.Ti.56a, Sor.1.80; “τὸ τ.” Arist. Metaph.1020b29. Adv. -κῶς, gloss on τμήδην, Sch.D Il.7.262.
2. cutting, piercing, of cold, Thphr.CP5.13.7; biting, pungent, of smell, “μύρα” Id.Od.60(62); “πνεῦμα δριμὺ καὶ τ.” Plu.2.697b.
b. solvent, “τὰ δριμέα . . ἐστὶν τ. καὶ λεπτυντικά” Sor.1.46, cf. Gal.6.266 (Sup.), 11.41 (Comp.), al.; “ῥάφανος τ. χυμῶν” Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.42.
3. metaph., concise, trenchant, “λόγος” Hermog.Id.2.1; “τ. βραχυλογίᾳ” D.H.Dem.58. Adv. “-κῶς, λέγεσθαι κατὰ τὸ μῆκος” Hermog. l. c.