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.VH2.44; of horses, “γ. ἰδεῖν” X.Eq.10.17; “ἵππου γ. βλέμμα” Poll.1.192; in Ephebic Inscrr., φίλοι, γοργοί, γνήσιοι, IG3.1079.
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.
