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|Definition=ά, όν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thick]], [[stout]], [[bulky]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of things, <b class="b3">χιόνα ἁ. πίπτουσαν ἰδεῖν</b> [[fall]]ing [[thick]], Hdt.4.31; <b class="b3">τῶν ἀνθράκων οἱ ἁδρότατοι</b> the [[most]] [[solid]], Hp.''Mul.''2.133; <b class="b3">κίονες ἁ.</b> [[large]], D.S.3.47; τοὺς ἁδροτάτους τῶνλέμβων Id.20.85:—[[strong]], [[violent]], πόλεμος Ar.''Ra.''1099; τὰ ἁδρότατατῶν.. συμβάντων ''Hell.Oxy.''4.1; [[ῥεύματα]] [[full]], [[swollen]], Arist.''Pr.''949b5; of raindrops, Id.''Mu.''394a31 (Comp.); δῆγμα D.S.1.35; <b class="b3">δωρεάστε καὶ τιμὰς ἁ. δοῦναι</b> [[in abundance]], Id.19.86; [[κοιλότης]] [[severe]] deficiency, Phld.''Oec.''p.71 J.:—of style, [[powerful]], Longin.40.4 (Comp.), cf. Phld.''Rh.''1.182 S.; <b class="b3">ἁ. νοήματα</b> dub. in [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''4; ἀπειλή Phld. ''Hom.''p.35 O.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἁ.</b> [[the grand style]], opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἰσχνόν</b>, Ps.-Plu.''Vit.Hom.'' 72. Adv., Comp. [[ἁδροτέρως]], [[διαιτᾶν]] live [[more freely]], Hp.''Aph.''1.7; <b class="b3">ἁ. φαρμακεύειν</b> ib.4.9; neut. as adverb, <b class="b3">ἁδρὸν γελάσαι</b> [[laugh]] [[loud]], Antiph. 144; <b class="b3">ἁδρότερον πιεῖν</b> [[drink]] [[more]] [[deeply]], Diph.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[fine]], [[well-grown]], ἐπεὰν τὸ παιδίον ἁ. γένηται Hdt.4.180; τῷ παιδί, ἐπὴν ἁ. ἔῃ Hp.''Genit.''2; τῶν παίδων ὅσοι ἁ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 466e; <b class="b3">οἱ ἁδρότεροι</b> the [[best-grown]], the [[stronger]], Isoc.12.110; <b class="b3">οἱ ἁ.</b> [[chief]]s, [[prince]]s, [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''10.6; also ἁ. τὴν ψυχήν Democh.3; ἡ κατὰ ψυχὴν ἁ. ὑπεροχή Procl.''in Alc.''p.94 C.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of animals, [[fine]], [[fat]], χοῖρος X.''Oec.''17.10; λύκος Babr.101; freq. in Com. of flesh, fish, etc., Antiph.20.5, 26.21, Alex. 170, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of fruit or corn, [[full-grown]], [[ripe]], ὅκως εἴη καρπὸς ἁ. Hdt.1.17, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1017b8.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἁδρὴ ῥίζα]] = [[ἀριστολόχεια στρογγύλη]], Ps.-Dsc.3.4.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of an egg, [[ready to be laid]], Arist. ''HA''559b11 (Comp.).—First in Hdt., never in Trag., rare in Att.; but the derivs. [[ἁδροτής]], [[ἁδροσύνη]] occur in Ep. and [[ἁδρύνω]] in Trag.