** αὐστηρός, -ά, -όν
(< αὔω, to dry up), [in LXX: II Mac 14:30*;]
prop., stringent, harsh to the taste. Metaph., in Inscr., of a rough country; of disposition and manners, strict, severe (as in π., of an inspector; MM, s v): Lk 19:21, 22.†
SYN.: σκληρός (Tr., § xiv).