γλίσχρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sticky]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>14</span>; γῆ Thphr.6.5.4; joined with [[λιπαρός]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>82d</span>, <span class="bibl">84a</span>; γ. τὸ σίαλον <span class="bibl">Pherecr.69.3</span>; of oil, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span> 383b34</span>; opp. [[ψαθυρός]] (q. v.), ib.<span class="bibl">385a17</span>; [[tough]], ξύλον Thphr.3.17.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[sticking close]], [[importunate]], γ. προσαιτῶν λιπαρῶν τε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>452</span>: metaph., [[clinging]], γ. ἡ ὁλκὴ τῆς ὁμοιότητος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>435c</span>. Adv. -ρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cri.</span>53e</span>; [[εἰκάζειν]] make a [[close]] comparison, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>488a</span>, cf <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>414c</span>: Sup. -ότατα, σαρκάζοντες <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>482</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[penurious]], [[niggardly]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1121b22</span>; γλίσχρον βλέπειν <span class="bibl">Euphro10.16</span>. Adv. -ρως καὶ κατὰ σμικρὸν φειδόμενος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.37</span>; φαύλως καὶ γ. παρείχοντο χρήματα <span class="title">Hell.Oxy.</span>14.2; <b class="b3">γ. ζῆν</b>, opp. [[τρυφᾶν]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1266b26</span>; <b class="b3">γ. λαμβάνειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀφθόνως διδόναι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1314b3</span>: hence, [[with difficulty]], [[hardly]], γ. καὶ μόλις λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">D.37.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>72</span>; ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐδέν... ἢ γ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a38</span>; also <b class="b3">τρόπον τινὰ γλίσχρον</b> but [[scantily]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>660b14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[mean]], [[shabby]], of buildings, <span class="bibl">D.23.208</span>; γ. δεῖπνον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>17</span>; of land, [[poor]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Flam.</span>4</span>; γ. τέχναι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Fug.</span>13</span>; Χρύσιππος πολλαχοῦ γ. ἐστίν Plu.2.31e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-ρως</b>, of painting, [[carefully]], [[with elaborate detail]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.12</span> and <span class="bibl">28</span>. (Cf. [[γλοιός]].)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[sticky]], [[penurious]] (Ion.-Att.).<br />Derivatives: [[γλίσχρων]] [[niggard]] (Ar.), [[γλισχρότης]] (Arist.), [[γλισχρία]] (Sch.). Denom. [[γλισχραίνομαι]] [[be sticky]] (Hp.), [[γλίσχρασμα]] [[glue]] (Hp.); [[γλισχρεύομαι]] `(M. Ant.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: To [[γλίχομαι]], [[γλοιός]] (q. v.). Formation unclear, cf. Chantr. Form. 225. Fur. 297 thinks the -s- of [[γλίσχρος]] points to a Pre-Greek word. See the conclusion under [[γλοιός]].