ἰσχνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἰσχνή, ἰσχνόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dry]], [[withered]], φυλλεῖα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''469; <b class="b3">ἰ. τυρός</b>, opp. [[χλωρός]], Poll.6.48, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1338 (v A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[thin]], [[lean]], Hp.''Aph.''2.44, Theoc.10.27, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar.''Pl.''561; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι Pl.''Lg.''665e; ἰσχναὶ ἕξεις a [[spare]] [[habit]] of [[body]], Plu.''Lyc.'' 17; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc.1.9,10; of the [[voice]], <b class="b3">ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι</b> to [[speak]] [[thin]] or [[small]], Luc.''Nigr.''11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[weak]], [[feeble]], σφυγμός Gal. 8.506.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[reduced]], of a [[swelling]], οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο Hp.''Fract.''21, cf. ''Epid.''4.26. Adv. [[ἰσχνῶς]], [[ἑστηκώς]] [[without external swelling]], Id.''Coac.''481.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[light]], [[thin]], of [[clothing]] materials, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1535 ''B''9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, [[spare]], [[plain]], [[unadorned]], ἰσχνός [[χαρακτήρ]] D.H.''Pomp.''2, cf. Demetr.''Eloc.''190, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu.2.42d. Adv. [[ἰσχνῶς εἰπεῖν]] = to [[speak plainly]], Plb.1.2.6; [[ἰσχνῶς]] [[ἰδεῖν]] τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in Lycurg.80. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. [[vescus]]: a connection with [[ἴσχω]] was imagined by the Greeks; cf. [[ἰσχνόφωνος]] ''ΙΙ''.)