ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plato); see reduce.
lean: Ar. and P. ἰσχνός, λεπτός.
withered: P. and V. ξηρός.
Opposed to, thick, close: P. μανός.
scanty: P. and V. σπάνιος.
Met., poor: P. and V. φαῦλος.
