ἰσχνόφωνος
τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν → what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful
English (LSJ)
ον,
A thin-voiced, weak-voiced, Phld. Po.2.25, Gal.17(1).186; of Isocrates, Plu.2.837a; of partridges, Antig.Mir.6; but, II having an impediment in one's speech (connected by the Greeks with ἴσχω), οἱ ἰ. . . ἴσχονται τοῦ φωνεῖν Arist.Pr.903a38, cf. 895a15, 905a21, AB100; ἰ. καὶ τραυλός Hdt.4.155, cf. Hp.Epid.1.19; ἰ. καὶ βραδύγλωσσος LXXEx.4.10, cf. Ezek. Exag.114; also of metals, etc., χρυσὸς καὶ λίθος ὑπὸ πληρότητος ἰ. καὶ δυσηχῆ Plu.2.721c: metaph., ἡ φιλία ἰ. γέγονεν ἐν τῷ παρρησιάζεσθαι ib.89b. Adv. -φώνως Zos.Alch.p.108B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1273] mit dünner, seiner Stimme, seinklingend; Plut. Symp. 8, 3, 2; Medic.; – im Sprechen anstoßend, stotternd, stammelnd, ἰσχν. καὶ τραυλός Her. 4, 155; Hippocr. u. Sp.; vgl. B. A. 100, 22 u. Arist. probl. 11, 35, wo es erkl. wird ὅτι ἴσχονται τοῦ φωνεῖν, daher auch (z. B. von Bekk. bei Her.) ἰσχόφωνος geschrieben wird.
