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ἀραιός

ἀραιός, thin, narrow, slight, slender

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ἀραιότερα neuter accusative plural comparative, neuter nominative plural comparative, neuter vocative plural comparative of ἀραιός

ἀραιότερα neuter accusative plural comparative, neuter nominative plural comparative, neuter vocative plural comparative of ἀραῖος

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ἀραιός [ᾰ], ά, όν, (ἁρ- Hdn.Gr. 2.108, v.l. in Il. 18.411, al.)
  • thin, slender, κνῆμαι, χείρ, γλῶσσαι, Il. l.c., 5.425, 16.161; γαστήρ Nic. Th. 133; narrow, εἴσοδος Od. 10.90; of ships, Hes. Op. 809; φάλαγγες ἀ., opp. βαθύτεραι, X. Lac. 11.6, cf. Plu. Crass. 23; ἀραιᾷ τροφῇ χρῆσθαι meagre, of diet, Arist. Pol. 1335b13.
    • II later, of the substance of bodies, of loose texture, opp. πυκνός, Anaximen. 1, Meliss. 7, Anaxag. 12,15, cf. Emp. 104 (Sup.), Thphr. CP 2.4.7, etc.; opp. πίων, Arist. Pr. 880a38; freq. in Hp., as VM 22; δέρμα Aph. 5.71; ὀστέον Art. 33; εἴρια Mul. 1.1; ὁμίχλη . . νέφους ἀραιοτέρα Arist. Mu. 394a21, cf. Mete. 364b25 (Comp.); σπόγγοι D.S. 3.14.
        • b φλύκταιναι ἀ. empty blisters, Nic. Th. 240 (v. Sch.ad loc.), cf. Theoc. 12.24.
      • 2 in Tactics, in open order, opp. πυκνός, τὸ ἀραιότατον [διάστημα] Ascl. Tact. 4.1, etc.
    • III intermittent, πνεῦμα Hp. Epid. 1.4.1 [1.26.αʹ], .2 [βʹ]; ἆσθμα, βήξ, Aret. SD 1.11, etc. Adv. -ῶς Hp. Nat.Puer. 24; of the pulse, Gal. 9.444, al.
    • IV scanty, few and far between, τρίχες Arist. Col. 797b27; ἀκτῖνες ib. 791a27; φωναί Id. Aud. 803b28; ὀδόντες Poll. 2.94, etc.
    • V ἀραιά (sc. γαστήρ), ἡ, flank, belly, Ruf. Onom. 171.
    • VI of the voice, thin, Theoc. 13.59. (Homeric metre proves ϝαραιός.)

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