ἀραιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἀραιά, ἀραιόν, (ἁρ- Hdn.Gr.2.108, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Il.18.411, al.)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thin]], [[slender]], [[κνήμη|κνῆμαι]], [[χείρ]], [[γλῶσσα]]ι, Il.l.c., 5.425, 16.161; [[γαστήρ]] Nic.''Th.'' 133; [[narrow]], [[εἴσοδος]] Od.10.90; of [[ship]]s, Hes.''Op.''809; <b class="b3">φάλαγγες ἀραιαί</b>, opp. [[βαθύτερος|βαθύτεραι]], X.''Lac.''11.6, cf. Plu.''Crass.''23; <b class="b3">ἀραιᾷ τροφῇ χρῆσθαι</b> [[meagre]], of [[diet]], Arist.''Pol.''1335b13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, of the [[substance]] of bodies, [[of loose texture]], opp. [[πυκνός]], Anaximen.I, Meliss.7, Anaxag. 12,15, cf. Emp.104 (Sup.), Thphr.''CP''2.4.7, etc.; opp. [[πίων]], Arist. ''Pr.''880a38; freq. in Hp., as ''VM''22; δέρμα ''Aph.''5.71; ὀστέον ''Art.''33; εἴρια ''Mul.''1.1; ὁμίχλη . . νέφους ἀραιοτέρα Arist.''Mu.''394a21, cf. ''Mete.'' 364b25 (Comp.); σπόγγοι [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]3.14.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">φλύκταιναι ἀραιαί</b> [[empty]] [[blister]]s, Nic.''Th.''240 (v. Sch.ad loc.), cf. Theoc.12.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Tactics, [[in open order]], opp. [[πυκνός]], τὸ ἀραιότατον [διάστημα] Ascl.''Tact.''4.1, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[intermittent]], [[πνεῦμα]] Hp.''Epid.''1.26.ά, β; [[ἆσθμα]], [[βήξ]], Aret.''SD''1.11, etc. Adv. [[ἀραιῶς]] Hp.''Nat.Puer.''24; of the [[pulse]], Gal.9.444,al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[scanty]], [[few and far between]], τρίχες Arist.''Col.''797b27; [[ἀκτίς|ἀκτῖνες]] ib.791a27; φωναί Id.''Aud.''803b28; ὀδόντες Poll.2.94, etc.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[ἀραιά]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[γαστήρ]]), ἡ, [[flank]], [[belly]], Ruf.''Onom.''171.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> of the [[voice]], [[thin]], Theoc.13.59. (Homeric metre proves [[ϝαραιός]].)