βαρύτης
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ητος, ἡ, (βαρύς)
A weight, heaviness, νεῶν Th.7.62, cf. Plb.1.51.9; opp. κουφότης, Thphr.HP5.3.1; heaviness of limb, β. ναρκώδης Plu.2.978c; of digestion, ἀπεψία καὶ β. ib.128b. II of men, troublesomeness, importunity, ἀηδίαι καὶ βαρύτητες Isoc.12.31; disagreeableness, D.18.35, Plu.Cor.30, al.; β. φρονήματος Id.Cat.Mi. 57. 2 arrogance, Arist.Rh.1391a28; gravity, τοῦ ἤθους Plu. Fab.I codd. III of sound, depth, low pitch, opp. ὀξύτης, Pl.Prt. 316a, Arist.GA778a19, de An.422b30, Aristox.Harm.p.3M., D.H. Comp.11, etc.; the grave accent, opp. ὀξύτης, Arist.Po.1456b33; absence of accent, A.D.Pron.38.15, al. IV Rhet., adoption of an injured tone, Aps.p.331 H.