Κρυόεσσα

frosty

Translated by William Hutton4 Jul 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] chilly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κρυόεσσα· φρικώδης.

Betacode

*kruo/essa: frikw/dhs.

As Adler, notes, very probably from commentary to Homer, Iliad 5.740 (web address 1), where the feminine headword occurs.
cf. (e.g.) Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (104.21), Hesychius kappa4252, and the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.723, where the headword also occurs.