βαιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, [[little]], [[small]], βαιὰ ποικίλλειν ἐν μακροῖσιν κτεάνων Pi.''P.'' 9.77; β. νῆσος A.''Pers.''448; μέρος β. ἔχειν Id.''Ag.''1574 (lyr.); [[ὄλβος]] prob. in E.''Fr.''825; [[γλῶττα]] Ar.''Nu.''1013; μαλλὸς εἰρίων Herod.8.12; [[scanty]], and of number, [[few]], σῦκα βαιά Anan.3, cf. Hp.''Lex''1; βαιά γ' ὡς ἀπὸ πολλῶν A.''Pers.''1023 (lyr.); <b class="b3">β. κύλιξ</b> a [[scanty]] cup, i.e. one only, S.''Fr.''42, Lyc.''Fr.''3; ῥάκη β. a [[few]], [[paltry]], S.''Ph.''274; εἶπε πρός με βαιά [[few]] [[word]]s, Id.''Aj.''292; but βαιὰν… λόγων φάμαν [[low-spoken]], Id.''Ph.''845 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἥσθην δὲ βαιά, πάνυ δὲ βαιά, τέτταρα</b> Ar. ''Ach.''2; <b class="b3">ἐχώρει βαιός</b> he was going [[with]] [[scanty]] [[escort]], i.e. [[alone]], S. ''OT''750; of [[condition]], [[mean]], [[humble]], [[βαιοί]], opp. <b class="b3">οἱ μεγάλοι</b>, Id.''Aj.'' 160 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐκ κάρτα βαιῶν γνωτὸς ἂν γένοιτ' ἀνήρ</b> from a [[low]] [[condition]], Id.''Fr.''282; οὐχὶ βαιὰ τἀνθυμήματα Id.''OC''1199; βαιᾷ τῇδ' ὑπὸ στέγῃ Id.''Ph.''286; of time, [[short]], Sol.10, S.''Tr.''44; <b class="b3">βαιῆς ἄπο</b> from [[infancy]] (of a [[girl]]), ''IG''14.1892: neut. [[βαιόν]] as adverb, a [[little]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 90, ''Ph.''20: of time, Id.''OC''1653, ''Tr.''335: pl., βαιά, φρονήσει τύχη μάχεται Democr.119; [[κατὰ βαιόν]] = [[by little and little]], D.P.622: Comp. [[βαιότερος]], opp. [[μείζων]], Parm.8.45, cf. Opp.''C.''3.86: Sup. βαιότατος ''AP''9.438 (Phil.).—Poet., Ion., and later Prose, as Phld.''Rh.''1.195, 244S., Id.''Ir.''p.95 W.