ἀφαυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">feeble, powerless</b>, ἠΰτε παιδὸς ἀφαυροῦ <span class="bibl">Il.7.235</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>198</span>; <b class="b2">dim</b>, <span class="bibl">Arat.256</span>; almost always Comp. and Sup., σέο πολλὸν ἀφαυρότερος <span class="bibl">Il.7.457</span>; ἵνα μή οἱ ἀφαυρότερον βέλος εἴη <span class="bibl">12.458</span>; οὔ μιν ἀφαυρότατος βάλ' Ἀχαιῶν <span class="bibl">15.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.20.110</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>586</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.272</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.49</span> (Comp.); ἀνδρὸς γηρέντος πολλὸν -ότερος <span class="bibl">Xenoph.9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ῥείθρων ἀφαυροτέρην</b>, of a bridge, <b class="b2">too weak to resist</b> the stream, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1078.6 (Adana): so in Prose, <b class="b3">σιτία</b> -ότερα <b class="b2">less nutritious</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.67</span>; [κενεὼν] -ότατόν ἐστι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.8</span>; Posit., <span class="bibl">Democr.285</span>, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.102c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1101b2</span>, <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span> 122. Adv. -ρῶς <span class="title">AP</span>6.267 (Diotim.): Comp. -ότερον, τροχάει <span class="bibl">Arat. 227</span>.</span>