νωθής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sluggish]], [[slothful]], ὄνος <span class="bibl">Il.11.559</span>; ν. [[κῶλον]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>819</span>; ἵππος νωθέστερος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span> 30e</span>; ν. [[κίνησις]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>503b8</span>; τὰ γόνατα νωθής <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Luct.</span>16</span>; of [[fire]], [[dull]], opp. [[ὀξύς]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.9.3</span> (Comp.); of [[earth]], opp. [[water]], etc., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>86a</span> (Sup.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the [[understanding]], [[dull]], [[stupid]], <b class="b3">κατεφαίνετο εἶναι νωθέστερος</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ὁ παῖς</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.53</span>; νωθὴς τὸν νόον <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Ep.</span>17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>62</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>310e</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> neut. [[νωθές]] as adverb, <span class="bibl">Poll.4.81</span>: Sup. νωθέστατα <span class="bibl">D.C.59.4</span>.</span>