ῥαδινός
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, Aeol. βράδῐνος [ᾰ], α, ον, poet. Adj.
A slender, taper, ἱμάσθλη Il.23.583; ἄκοντες Stesich.53; κίονες Ibyc.58; of plants, ὄρπαξ Sapph.104; φοῖνιξ Thgn.6; κυπάρισσοι Theoc.11.45, 27.46. 2 of the limbs or body, taper, slim, slender, πόδες h.Cer.183, Hes.Th.195; χεῖρες Thgn.1002, cf. Ath.Mitt.17.272 (Athens, ii A.D.); μηροί Anacr. 66; πῶλοι Id.165 (unless in signf. 3); βραδίναν Ἀφροδίταν Sapph.90; παῖς Theoc.10.24; σώματα X.Lac.2.5; ῥ. τῷ μήκει τοῦ σώματος Plu.2.723d; of the neck, Aret.SD1.8; τράχηλος AP5.131 (Phld.); πτέρυγες (of a cicada) ib.7.200 (Nic.). 3 generally, soft, tender, ῥαδινῇ τῇ κόμῃ, of ivy, Ach.Tat.1.15; δέρμα προβάτου ὡς ὅτι ῥαδινώτατον Id.3.21: metaph., tender or mobile, ὄσσε A.Pr.401 (lyr.); and the Gramm. (Sch.A. l.c.) give εὐκίνητος among other interpretations.
