γοργός

A. grim, fierce, terrible, γ. ὄμμ’ ἔχων, of Parthenopaeus, A. Th. 537; ὄμμασι γοργός E. Ph. 146 (lyr.); τοῖς κερτομοῦσι γοργὸν ὡς ἀναβλέπει looks fiercely at . . , dub. l. in Id. Supp. 322; γοργότεροι ἰδεῖν, ὁρᾶσθαι, terrible to behold, X. Cyr. 4.4.3, Smp. 1.10; γοργὸν βλέπειν look terrible, Ael. VH 2.44; of horses, γ. ἰδεῖν X. Eq. 10.17; ἵππου γ. βλέμμα Poll. 1.192; in Ephebic Inscrr., φίλοι, γοργοί, γνήσιοι, IG 3.1079.

2. spirited, vigorous, of persons, Luc. DDeor. 7.3, Asin. 8; of animals, PRyl. 238.9 (iii A. D.); quick, c. inf., γ. ἐπινοεῖν Procop. Arc. 16. Adv. ‐γῶς, τρέχειν Choerob.Rh.p.247 S.

3. of literary style, vehement, vigorous, v.l. in D.H. Comp. 19 (Comp.), Hermog. Id. 1.11,2.1 (Comp.). Adv. ‐γῶς Syrian. in Metaph. 130.6, Eust. 1082.5, etc.