ῥαδινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, Aeol. βράδῐνος [<b class="b3">ᾰ], α, ον</b>, poet. Adj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">slender, taper</b>, ἱμάσθλη <span class="bibl">Il.23.583</span>; ἄκοντες <span class="bibl">Stesich.53</span>; κίονες Ibyc.58; of plants, ὄρπαξ Sapph.104; φοῖνιξ <span class="bibl">Thgn.6</span>; κυπάρισσοι <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.45</span>, <span class="bibl">27.46</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of the limbs or body, <b class="b2">taper, slim, slender</b>, πόδες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>183</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>195</span>; χεῖρες <span class="bibl">Thgn.1002</span>, cf. <span class="title">Ath.Mitt.</span>17.272 (Athens, ii A.D.); μηροί <span class="bibl">Anacr. 66</span>; πῶλοι <span class="bibl">Id.165</span> (unless in signf. <span class="bibl">3</span>); βραδίναν Ἀφροδίταν Sapph.90; παῖς <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.24</span>; σώματα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>2.5</span>; ῥ. τῷ μήκει τοῦ σώματος Plu.2.723d; of the neck, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.8</span>; τράχηλος <span class="title">AP</span>5.131 (Phld.); <b class="b3">πτέρυγες</b> (of a cicada) ib.<span class="bibl">7.200</span> (Nic.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">soft, tender</b>, <b class="b3">ῥαδινῇ τῇ κόμῃ</b>, of ivy, <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.1.15</span>; δέρμα προβάτου ὡς ὅτι ῥαδινώτατον <span class="bibl">Id.3.21</span>: metaph., <b class="b2">tender</b> or <b class="b2">mobile</b>, ὄσσε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>401</span> (lyr.); and the Gramm. (Sch.A. l.c.) give <b class="b3">εὐκίνητος</b> among other interpretations.</span>