ῥαδινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῥαδινή, ῥαδινόν, Aeol. [[βράδινος|βράδῐνος]] [ᾰ], α, ον, ''poet.'' Adj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[slender]], [[taper]], [[ἱμάσθλη]] Il.23.583; ἄκοντες Stesich.53; κίονες Ibyc.58; of plants, [[ὄρπαξ]] Sapph.104; φοῖνιξ Thgn.6; κυπάρισσοι Theoc.11.45, 27.46.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the limbs or body, [[taper]], [[slim]], [[slender]], πόδες ''h.Cer.''183, Hes.''Th.''195; χεῖρες Thgn.1002, cf. ''Ath.Mitt.''17.272 (Athens, ii A.D.); μηροί Anacr. 66; πῶλοι Id.165 (unless in signf. 3); βραδίναν Ἀφροδίταν Sapph.90; παῖς Theoc.10.24; σώματα X.''Lac.''2.5; ῥ. τῷ μήκει τοῦ σώματος Plu.2.723d; of the neck, Aret.''SD''1.8; τράχηλος ''AP''5.131 (Phld.); [[πτέρυγες]] (of a cicada) ib.7.200 (Nic.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[soft]], [[tender]], <b class="b3">ῥαδινῇ τῇ κόμῃ</b>, of [[ivy]], Ach.Tat.1.15; δέρμα προβάτου ὡς ὅτι ῥαδινώτατον Id.3.21: metaph., [[tender]] or [[mobile]], ὄσσε A.''Pr.''401 (lyr.); and the Gramm. (Sch.A. [[l.c.]]) give [[εὐκίνητος]] among other interpretations.