αὐστηρότης

ητος, ἡ
A. harshness, roughness, X. An. 5.4.29; οἴνου, opp. γλυκύτης, Pl. Tht. 178c, Thphr. HP 7.9.5.
2. metaph., harshness, crabbedness, τοῦ γήρως Pl. Lg. 666b, cf. D.C. 56.3.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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