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|Definition=α, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sticky]], Hp.''VC''14; γῆ [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] 6.5.4; joined with [[λιπαρός]], Pl.''Ti.''82d, 84a; γ. τὸ [[σίαλον]] Pherecr.69.3; of oil, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]'' 383b34; opp. [[ψαθυρός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ib.385a17; [[tough]], [[ξύλον]] [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] 3.17.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[sticking close]], [[importunate]], γ. προσαιτῶν λιπαρῶν τε [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''452: metaph., [[clinging]], γ. ἡ ὁλκὴ τῆς ὁμοιότητος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''435c. Adv. [[γλίσχρως]], [[ἐπιθυμεῖν]] Id.''Cri.''53e; [[εἰκάζειν]] [[make]] a [[close]] [[comparison]], Id.''R.''488a, cf ''Cra.''414c: Sup. γλισχρότατα, σαρκάζοντες Ar. ''Pax''482.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[penurious]], [[niggardly]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1121b22; γλίσχρον βλέπειν Euphro10.16. Adv. [[γλίσχρως]] καὶ κατὰ σμικρὸν φειδόμενος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 553c, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.37; [[φαύλως]] καὶ [[γλίσχρως]] παρείχοντο χρήματα ''Hell.Oxy.''14.2; <b class="b3">γ. ζῆν</b>, opp. [[τρυφᾶν]], Arist.''Pol.''1266b26; <b class="b3">γ. λαμβάνειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀφθόνως διδόναι</b>, ib.1314b3: hence, [[with difficulty]], [[hardly]], γ. καὶ μόλις [[λαμβάνειν]] D.37.38, cf. App.''Mith.''72; ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐδέν... ἢ γ. Arist.''Pol.''1275a38; also <b class="b3">τρόπον τινὰ γλίσχρον</b> but [[scantily]], Id.''PA''660b14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[mean]], [[shabby]], of buildings, D.23.208; γ. [[δεῖπνον]] Plu.''Lyc.''17; of [[land]], [[poor]], Id.''Flam.''4; γ. τέχναι Luc.''Fug.''13; Χρύσιππος πολλαχοῦ γ. ἐστίν Plu.2.31e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Adv. [[γλίσχρως]], of [[painting]], [[carefully]], [[with elaborate detail]], Philostr.''Im.''2.12 and 28. (Cf. [[γλοιός]].)