ἀραιός

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ά, όν, (ἁρ- Hdn.Gr.2.108, v.l. in Il.18.411, al.)

   A thin, slender, κνῆμαι, χείρ, γλῶσσαι, Il.l.c., 5.425, 16.161; γαστήρ Nic.Th. 133; narrow, εἴσοδος Od.10.90; of ships, Hes.Op.809; φάλαγγες ἀ., opp. βαθύτεραι, X.Lac.11.6, cf. Plu.Crass.23; ἀραιᾷ τροφῇ χρῆσθαι meagre, of diet, Arist.Pol.1335b13.    II later, of the substance of bodies, of loose texture, opp. πυκνός, Anaximen.I, Meliss.7, Anaxag. 12,15, cf. Emp.104 (Sup.), Thphr.CP2.4.7, etc.; opp. πίων, Arist. Pr.880a38; freq. in Hp., as VM22; δέρμα Aph.5.71; ὀστέον Art.33; εἴρια Mul.1.1; ὁμίχλη . . νέφους ἀραιοτέρα Arist.Mu.394a21, cf. Mete. 364b25 (Comp.); σπόγγοι D.S.3.14.    b φλύκταιναι ἀ. empty blisters, Nic.Th.240 (v. Sch.ad loc.), cf. Theoc.12.24.    2 in Tactics,in open order, opp.πυκνός, τὸ ἀραιότατον [διάστημα] Ascl.Tact.4.1, etc.    III intermittent, πνεῦμα Hp.Epid.1.26.ά, β; ἆσθμα, βήξ, Aret.SD1.11, etc. Adv. -ῶς Hp.Nat.Puer.24; of the pulse, Gal.9.444,al.    IV scanty, few and far between, τρίχες Arist.Col.797b27; ἀκτῖνες ib.791a27; φωναί Id.Aud.803b28; ὀδόντες Poll.2.94, etc.    V ἀραιά (sc. γαστήρ), ἡ, flank, belly, Ruf.Onom.171.    VI of the voice, thin, Theoc.13.59. (Homeric metre proves ϝαραιός.)