γλυκύπικρος

A. sweetly bitter, Ἔρος . . γ. ὄρπετον Sapph. 40, cf. AP 5.133 (Posid.), 12.109 (Mel.), Plu. 2.681b; of news, 'a gilded pill', Cic. Att. 5.21.4; ἡδονή Ph. 1.678: later in literal sense, Gal. 11.586.