| |Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dry]], [[withered]], φυλλεῖα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>469</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. τυρός</b>, opp. [[χλωρός]], <span class="bibl">Poll.6.48</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1338</span> (v A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[thin]], [[lean]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.27</span>, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>561</span>; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>665e</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. ἕξεις</b> a [[spare]] habit of body, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span> 17</span>; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc.1.9,10; of the voice, <b class="b3">ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι</b> to speak [[thin]] or [[small]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[weak]], [[feeble]], σφυγμός Gal. 8.506. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[reduced]], of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>4.26</span>. Adv. [[ἰσχνῶς]], [[ἑστηκώς]] [[without external swelling]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Coac.</span>481</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[light]], [[thin]], of clothing materials, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1535</span> <span class="title">B</span>9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, [[spare]], [[plain]], [[unadorned]], ἰσχνός χαρακτήρ <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>190</span>, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu.2.42d. Adv. [[ἰσχνῶς]], [[εἰπεῖν]] = to speak [[plainly]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.2.6</span>; [[ἰσχνῶς]] [[ἰδεῖν]] τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in <span class="bibl">Lycurg.80</span>. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. [[vescus]]: a connection with [[ἴσχω]] was imagined by the Greeks; cf. [[ἰσχνόφωνος]] ''ΙΙ''.)</span> | | |Definition=ἰσχνή, ἰσχνόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dry]], [[withered]], φυλλεῖα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''469; <b class="b3">ἰ. τυρός</b>, opp. [[χλωρός]], Poll.6.48, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1338 (v A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[thin]], [[lean]], Hp.''Aph.''2.44, Theoc.10.27, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar.''Pl.''561; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι Pl.''Lg.''665e; <b class="b3">ἰ. ἕξεις</b> a [[spare]] habit of body, Plu.''Lyc.'' 17; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc.1.9,10; of the voice, <b class="b3">ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι</b> to speak [[thin]] or [[small]], Luc.''Nigr.''11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[weak]], [[feeble]], σφυγμός Gal. 8.506.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[reduced]], of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο Hp.''Fract.''21, cf. ''Epid.''4.26. Adv. [[ἰσχνῶς]], [[ἑστηκώς]] [[without external swelling]], Id.''Coac.''481.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[light]], [[thin]], of clothing materials, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1535 ''B''9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, [[spare]], [[plain]], [[unadorned]], ἰσχνός χαρακτήρ D.H.''Pomp.''2, cf. Demetr.''Eloc.''190, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu.2.42d. Adv. [[ἰσχνῶς]], [[εἰπεῖν]] = to speak [[plainly]], Plb.1.2.6; [[ἰσχνῶς]] [[ἰδεῖν]] τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in Lycurg.80. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. [[vescus]]: a connection with [[ἴσχω]] was imagined by the Greeks; cf. [[ἰσχνόφωνος]] ''ΙΙ''.) |
