δασύς

English (LSJ)

εῖα, ύ, Ion. fem.

   A δασέα Hdt.3.32; opp. ψιλός in all senses:    I with a shaggy surface,    1 hairy, shaggy, δέρμα . . μέγα καὶ δ. Od.14.51; ὀ δ. γενέσθαι, of the bald, recover their hair, Hp. Aph.6.34; of young hares, downy, Hdt.3.108; γέρρα δ. βοῶν, βοῶν δασειῶν ὠμοβόεινα shields of skin with the hair on, X.An.5.4.12, 4.7.22; ὀσφὺν δασέαν SIG1037.6 (Milet., iv/iii B. C.); of birds, Thphr. Fr.180; τὰ σώματα δασεῖς Arr.Ind.24: Sup., Arist.Phgn.812b17. Adv. δασέως, ἔχειν περὶ τὴν κοιλίαν ib.15.    2 thick with leaves, Od.14.49; θρίδαξ δασέα, opp. παρατετιλμένη, Hdt.3.32; of places, thickly wooded, bushy, abs., Id.4.191, cf. Hp.Aë. 1; διὰ . . τῶν δασέων through the thickets, Ar.Nu.325: c. dat. modi, δ. ὕλῃ παντοίῃ Hdt.4.21; ἴδησι παντοίῃσι ib.109; ἐλαίαις Lys.7.7: rarely c.gen., δ. παντοίων δένδρων X.An.2.4.14; τὸ δ. bushy country, ib.4.7.7; δ. γῆ Schwyzer 734 (Zelea).    3 generally, rough, thick, μαλακαὶ καὶ δ. νεφέλαι D.S. 3.45.    4 δ. οὖρα cloudy, Hp.Epid.7.112.    II hoarse, ἀναπνοή Gal.18(1).574.    2 aspirated, Arist.Aud. 804b8, Ph.1.29, D.T.631.22, etc.; ἡ δασεῖα (Sc. προσῳδία) Seleuc. ap. Ath.9.398a, A.D.Synt.319.20; δ. τὸ θ καὶ τὸ φ καὶ τὸ χ D.H.Comp.14. Adv. -έως, ἀναγνῶναι, ἐκφέρειν, A.D.Pron.78.16,S.E.M.1.59.    III δ. παράγωγος, Hsch. (Perh. for δ[ngnull]-δύς, cf. Lat. densus.)