ἰσχνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dry, withered</b>, φυλλεῖα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>469</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. τυρός</b>, opp. <b class="b3">χλωρός</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.6.48</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1338</span> (v A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b2">thin, lean</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.27</span>, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>561</span>; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>665e</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. ἕξεις</b> a <b class="b2">spare</b> habit of body, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span> 17</span>; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc.1.9,10; of the voice, <b class="b3">ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι</b> to speak <b class="b2">thin</b> or <b class="b2">small</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">weak, feeble</b>, σφυγμός Gal. 8.506. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">reduced</b>, of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>4.26</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-νῶς, ἑστηκώς</b> <b class="b2">without external swelling</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Coac.</span>481</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">light, thin</b>, of clothing materials, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1535</span> <span class="title">B</span>9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, <b class="b2">spare, plain</b>, <b class="b2">unadorned</b>, ἰ. χαρακτήρ <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>190</span>, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu.2.42d. Adv. <b class="b3">-νῶς, εἰπεῖν</b> to speak <b class="b2">plainly</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">-νῶς ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀρετήν</b> dub.l. in <span class="bibl">Lycurg.80</span>. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. <b class="b2">vescus</b>: a connexion with <b class="b3">ἴσχω</b> was imagined by the Greeks; cf. ἰσχνόφωνος <span class="bibl">11</span>.)</span>