A.stiff, firm, solid, “πόροι” Ti.Locr.101a (Comp.); of earth, opp. χαῦνος, v.l. in Arist.Pr.934b11; of water, frozen, “ῥεῖθρον” Hdn.6.7.7; also, hard, Plu.2.725d (Comp.); stiff, strong, “δόρυ” E.Supp.7.11; ς. ἀντικνήμιον stiff, numb with age, Ar.Ach.218: Comp. “-ότερος, δέρμα” Gal.6.32.
2. hard, rugged, uneasy, “λέκτρα” E.Tr.114 (anap.); ς. τροφή hard fare, Luc.Lex. 23. Adv., “στερρότατα βιῶσαι” Id.Macr.8.