βαιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[little]], [[small]], βαιὰ ποικίλλειν ἐν μακροῖσιν κτεάνων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 9.77</span>; β. νῆσος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>448</span>; μέρος β. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1574</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὄλβος</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>825</span>; γλῶττα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1013</span>; μαλλὸς εἰρίων <span class="bibl">Herod.8.12</span>; [[scanty]], and of number, [[few]], σῦκα βαιά <span class="bibl">Anan.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Lex</span>1</span>; βαιά γ' ὡς ἀπὸ πολλῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1023</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">β. κύλιξ</b> a [[scanty]] cup, i.e. one only, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl">Lyc.<span class="title">Fr.</span>3</span>; ῥάκη β. [[a few]], [[paltry]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>274</span>; εἶπε πρός με βαιά <b class="b2">few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>292</span>; but βαιὰν… λόγων φάμαν <b class="b2">low-spoken</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>845</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἥσθην δὲ βαιά, πάνυ δὲ βαιά, τέτταρα</b> <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐχώρει βαιός</b> he was going <b class="b2">with scanty escort</b>, i. e. [[alone]], <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>750</span>; of condition, [[mean]], [[humble]], <b class="b3">βαιοί</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ μεγάλοι</b>, Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span> <span class="bibl">160</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐκ κάρτα βαιῶν γνωτὸς ἂν γένοιτ' ἀνήρ</b> from <b class="b2">a low condition</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>282</span>; οὐχὶ βαιὰ τἀνθυμήματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1199</span>; βαιᾷ τῇδ' ὑπὸ στέγῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>286</span>; of time, [[short]], <span class="bibl">Sol.10</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>44</span>; <b class="b3">βαιῆς ἄπο</b> from [[infancy]] (of a girl), <span class="title">IG</span>14.1892: neut. <b class="b3">βαιόν</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">a little</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 90</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>20</span>: of time, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1653</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>335</span>: pl., βαιά, φρονήσει τύχη μάχεται <span class="bibl">Democr.119</span>; κατὰ βαιόν <b class="b2">by little and little</b>, <span class="bibl">D.P.622</span>: Comp. <b class="b3">βαιότερος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μείζων</b>, <span class="bibl">Parm.8.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.86</span>: Sup. -ότατος <span class="title">AP</span>9.438 (Phil.).—Poet., Ion., and later Prose, as Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.195, 244S., Id.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.95 W.</span>