ής, ές [ᾰ]
      1 rude, dur, cruel, en parl. de pers. IL. 1, 340, etc. ; OD. 18, 381, etc. ; en parl. de choses, PLAT. Phædr. 257 b ;
      2 indécent, obscène, AR. Nub. 974.

• Cp. ἀπηνέστερος, ADAM. Physiogn. 2, 31. • Sup. ἀπηνέστατος, EL. N.A. 3, 26, etc.

ές, Ep. Adj. ungentle, rough, hard, of persons, Il. 1.340; ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀ. 16.35, cf. Od. 18.381; θυμὸς ὑπερφίαλος καὶ ἀ. Il. 15.94; μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κρατερόν τε ib. 202, cf. Od. 18.381, al. ; ὃς μὲν ἀπηνὴς αὐτὸς ἔη καὶ ἀπηνέα εἰδῇ cruel himself and full of cruel thoughts, 19.329. — Rare in Att. (never in Trag.), ὅπως τοῖς ἔξωθεν μηδὲν δείξειαν ἀπηνές Ar. Nu. 974 (anap.); ἀπηνές τι εἰπεῖν Pl. Phdr. 257b (but ἀπηχές Hermias ad loc.), cf. Lg. 950b, Call. Iamb. 1.257; freq. in later Prose, as Onos. 42.23, Phld. D. 3 Fr. 69, D.S. 9.24, Plu. 2.678b, 970c, Luc. Nec. 18; τὸ ἐς ἀλλήλους ἀ. Procop. Goth. 4.35; Comp. -έστερος J. BJ 5.7.4, Adam. 2.44; Sup. -έστατος Ael. NA 3.26; τοῖς φίλοις J. BJ 1.24.8. Adv. -νῶς D.Chr. 32.53, Plu. 2.19b; πρὸς φίλους ἀπηνῶς ζῆν ib. 525d; Comp. -έστερον J. AJ 11.6.9. in physical sense, σπλὴν ἀ.
hard, Aret. SD 1.14, cf. 2.12; unpleasant to taste, CA 1.5. (Cf. προσηνής, Goth. ansts ΄favour΄.)

ές (den Ggstz bilden ἐνηής u. προσηνής), unfreundlich, hart, νόος Il. 16.35, 23.484, Od. 18.381 ; θυμός Od. 23.97, 230 ; θυμὸς ὑπερφίαλος καὶ ἀπηνής Il. 15.94, 23.6 11 ; μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κρατερόν τε 15.202 ; βασιλεύς 1.340 ; Od. 19.329 ὃς μὲν ἀπηνὴς αὐτὸς ἔῃ καὶ ἀπηνέα εἰδῇ ; Ar. Nub. 961 ; neben ἀκήλητος Theocr. 22.169 ; καὶ ἄγριος Plat. Legg. XII.950b ; εἴ τίσοι ἀπηνὲς εἴπομεν Phaedr. 257b.