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|Definition=ά, όν, (γλάφω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]], [[hollowed]], νῆες <span class="bibl">Il.2.454</span>, al.; γ. πέτρη, σπέος <span class="bibl">2.88</span>, <span class="bibl">18.402</span>; ἄντρον <span class="bibl">Agath.1.10</span> (Sup.); τὰ γ. τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">Id.2.15</span>; γ. φόρμιγξ <span class="bibl">Od. 17.262</span>; γ. ἅρματα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.12</span>; <b class="b3">γ. λιμήν</b> [[a deep]] harbour or cove, <span class="bibl">Od. 12.305</span>.—In this sense Ep. and Lyr. (not in Trag.); twice in Com., <span class="bibl">Hermipp.63.11</span> (mock-Epic); [<b class="b3">ποτήρια] ταπεινὰ καὶ γ</b>. Epigen.<span class="bibl">4.3</span>; later [[πόδες]] [[arched]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>538b11</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[polished]]: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[hairless]], [[smooth]], of spiders, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>555b11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[neat]], [[delicate]], ῥύγχος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>662b8</span>; κηρίον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>554b28</span> (Comp.); of dishes, [[dainty]], δειπνάριον <span class="bibl">Diph.64.1</span>; ἐμβαμμάτια <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[subtle]], [[exact]], of persons and things, ὦ σοφώτατ', ὦ γλαφυρώτατε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1272</span>; <b class="b3">γ. ἀστεῖός θ' ἅμα</b> Machoap.<span class="bibl">Ath.13.579b</span>; γλαφυρώτερος τῶν νῦν νομοθετῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1274b8</span>; γλαφυρωτέραν ἔχειν τὴν διάνοιαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>650b19</span>; εἴ τι κομψὸν ἢ σοφὸν ἢ γ. οἶσθα <span class="bibl">Dionys.Com. 3.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.4.8.6</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ γ</b>. [[subtlety]], ποικίλλοντες τῷ γ. γεωμετρίαν <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Marc.</span>14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">in Nic.</span>p.20</span> P.; <b class="b3">γ. τέχναι, θεωρία</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.270</span>,<span class="bibl">566</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">Id.2.262</span>. Adv., Comp. <b class="b3">-οτέρως</b> [[more subtly]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>405a8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[skilful]], [[neat]], χείρ <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>8.5</span>; [ἀράχνιον] σοφώτατον καὶ -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623a8</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-ρῶς, ἧττον γ. ἔχειν</b> with less [[finish]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1271b21</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Alex.110.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[refined]], γλαφυρόν τι καὶ προσαγωγὸν ἐμειδίασεν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>20.11</span>; γ. διατριβαί <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cim.</span>13</span>. Adv. -ρῶς, γ. καὶ περιττῶς διάγειν Id.2.989c; γ. βιώσας <span class="title">CIG</span>2004 (Maced.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of literary style, [[polished]], [[elegant]], γ. ἁρμονία <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span> 36</span>; ῥυθμός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Comp.</span>13</span>; [[σύνθεσις]], opp. [[αὐστηρά]], ib.<span class="bibl">21</span>. Adv. -ρῶς, λέγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>2</span>; of music, ἐμελῴδει πάνυ γλαφυρὸν καὶ ἐναρμόνιον <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">DDeor.</span>7.4</span>.</span>

|sltr=<b>γλᾰφῠρός</b> <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> hollowed i. e. chiselled ἅρμασί τε γλαφυροῖς (N. 9.12)