ἰσχνός
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A dry, withered, φυλλεῖα Ar.Ach.469; ἰ. τυρός, opp. χλωρός, Poll.6.48, POxy.1338 (v A.D.). 2 of persons, thin, lean, Hp.Aph.2.44, Theoc.10.27, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar.Pl.561; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι Pl.Lg.665e; ἰ. ἕξεις a spare habit of body, Plu.Lyc. 17; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc.1.9,10; of the voice, ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι to speak thin or small, Luc.Nigr.11. 3 weak, feeble, σφυγμός Gal. 8.506. 4 reduced, of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο Hp.Fract.21, cf. Epid.4.26. Adv. -νῶς, ἑστηκώς without external swelling, Id.Coac.481. 5 light, thin, of clothing materials, POxy.1535 B9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, spare, plain, unadorned, ἰ. χαρακτήρ D.H.Pomp.2, cf. Demetr.Eloc.190, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu.2.42d. Adv. -νῶς, εἰπεῖν to speak plainly, Plb.1.2.6; -νῶς ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in Lycurg.80. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. vescus: a connexion with ἴσχω was imagined by the Greeks; cf. ἰσχνόφωνος 11.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1272] ή, όν, dürr, trocken, mager; ἄνδρες ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar. Plut. 561; ἰσχνοί τε καὶ ἄσιτοι Plat. Legg. II, 665 e; κύνες Rep. IV, 422 d; Sp., ἰσχναὶ καὶ διάκενοι ἕξεις, entggstzt den ὀγκώδεις καὶ πολύτροφοι, Plut. Lyc. 17; Ggstz παχεῖα Rufin. 4 (V, 37); vgl. M. Argent. 11 (V, 102); τυρός, dem χλωρός entggstzt, Poll. 6, 48. – Vom Pulse, dem ἁδρός entggstzt, Medic. – Uebertr. von der Stimme, ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι, dem μικρόν entsprechend, Luc. Nigr. 11; vom mündlichen u. schriftlichen Ausdrucke, kurz, gedrängt, dem tenue dicendi genus der Lateiner entsprechend, Rhett.; ἰσχνῶς εἰπεῖν mir dürren Worten, ohne rednerische Ausschmückung sprechen, Pol. 1, 2, 6.
