ἁπαλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἁπαλή, ἁπαλόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[soft to the touch]], [[tender]]: in Hom. mostly of the human body, ἁπαλὴν ὑπὸ δειρήν Il.3.371; παρειάων ἁπαλάων 18.123; ἁπαλοῖο δι' αὐχένος ἦλθεν ἀκωκή 17.49; ἁ. πόδες 19.92; <b class="b3">ἁ. τέ σφ' ἦτορ ἀπηύρα</b>, i.e. the [[life]] of [[young]] [[animal]]s, 11.115; ἵεσαν αὐδὴν ἐξ ἁπαλῶν στομάτων Hes.''Sc.''279; δέρα Sapph.''Supp.''23.16; of persons, [[delicate]], παῖδες Alc.''Supp.''14.5; εὐμορφοτέρα.. τᾶς ἀπάλας Γυρίννως Sapph.76; of [[flower]]s, [[ἄνθρυσκον|ἄνθρυσκα]] Ead.''Supp.''25.13; rare in Trag., and only in lyr., παρειά A.''Supp.''70; [[βρέφος]] ἁπαλόν E.''IA''1285; [[βλέφαρον]] τέγγουσ' ἁ. ''El.'' 1339; more freq. in Com., [[σισύμβριον]] Cratin.239; [[κρέα]] Ar.''Lys.'' 1063; δάκτυλοι Alex.48; [[θερμολουσία]]ις ἁπαλοί ''Com.Adesp.''56; so in Prose, ἁ. [[ψυχή]] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''245a; of [[raw]] [[fruit]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.92, cf. X.''Oec.''19.18; of [[tender]] [[meat]], Id.''An.''1.5.2; [[soft-boiled]], of [[egg]]s, Cael.Aur. ''AP''2.18; of a [[gentle]] [[fire]], Philem.79.8, D.S.3.25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[soft]], [[gentle]], <b class="b3">ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι</b> [[laugh]] [[gently]], Od.14.465; ἁπαλὴ [[δίαιτα]] = [[soft]], [[delicate]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''239c; τῶ αὐτῷ.. χρησώμεθα τεκμηρίῳ περὶ Ἔρωτα ὅτι ἁπαλός Id.''Smp.''195e (also in Sup.); ἁπαλός [[εἴσπλους]] λιμένος, opp. [[τραχύς]], Cratin.357. Adv. [[ἁπαλῶς]], [[ὀπτᾶν]] to [[roast]] [[moderately]], Sotad. Com.1.16: Comp. [[ἁπαλωτέρως]], [[ἅπτεσθαι]] Hp.''Art.''37.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[soft]], [[weak]], <b class="b3">ὡς ἁπαλός καὶ λευκὸς [οἶνος]</b> Cratin.183; [[λευκός]], [[ἐξυρημένος]], [[γυναικόφωνος]], ἁ. Ar.''Th.''192. [ᾰπᾰλος; for <b class="b3">καλάμῳ.. ὑπᾱπάλῳ</b>, in Theoc.28.4, is corrupt.]