λαγαρός

λᾰγᾰρός, ά, όν,

• hollow, sunken, of an animalʼs flanks, X. Cyn. 4.1; of the right ventricle, -ωτέρη Hp. Cord. 4; λαγαρᾷ . . τῇ γαστρί Philostr. Im. 2.21; τὰς λ. (sc. γαστέρας) Ar. Ec. 1167; λ. κύκλοι sunken, flattish, of the tortoise, Philostr. Im. 1.10; λ. ποπάνευμα (cf. λαγαρίζομαι I) AP 6.231 (Phil.): Comp., Hp. l.c.: Sup., κατὰ τὸ -ώτατον in the least defensible part, Plu. Cam. 25.
• • • 2 slack, loose, αὐχὴν λ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν συγκαμπήν X. Eq. 1.8; of camels, D.S. 2.54. Adv. -ρῶς, ἱππασθείς Philostr. Im. 2.2.
    • • b metaph., τὴν πόλιν ἀντὶ λαγαρᾶς καὶ ὑποσόμφου μεστὴν ἐποίησεν ἀγλαΐας Them. Or. 18.222d. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, opp. σφοδρότερον, πλῆξαι τὴν χορδήν Theo Sm. p.72 H.
    • 3 thin, narrow, δρυμῶνες (cj.) X. Cyn. 6.5; of columns, lanky, D.H. 16.3, Plu. Publ. 15; of men, emaciated, Thphr. HP 9.10.3.
    • 4 in Metric, στίχος λ., opp. προκοίλιος, a ‘thin-waisted’ verse, with a short syllable for a long one in the interior, like Il. 23.493, cf. Ar. Ec. 1167, Plu. Pyth. 2.397d, Ath. 14.632e, Sch.Heph. p.289 C.
    • 5 in Arist. HA 622b23 (Comp., s.v.l.), where it is an epith. of spiders, some expl. it to mean lank, meagre, some agile, nimble.
    • 6 of plasters, porous, absorbent, Orib. Fr. 74. (Cf. λαγαίω, Lat. laxus, ONorse slak-r, Engl. slack: perh. akin to λήγω.)

λᾰγᾰρός -ά -όν [see λήγω, λάγανον, λάγνος, λαγαίω; cf. Lat. laxus, Toch. A. slākkär]
🄰 hollow, sunken, empty, of human or animal body parts Hp. Cord. 4 Philostr. Im. 2.21.5, al. etc.; of dogs τὰ κάτωθεν τῶν κενεώνων λαγαρά (ἔχειν) to be hollow in the lower part of the flanks Xen. Cyn. 4.1; λαγαροὶ κύκλοι hollow shell of a tortoise Philostr. Im. 1.10.2

🄱 soft, limp, weak, pliant, flexible: ὁ μὲν αὐχήν … ὀρθός … λαγαρὸς δέ the neck is straight but flexible Xen. Hip. 1.8 etc.; πόλις λ. weak city Them. Or. 18.222d; μαστοί … μὴ λαγαροί breasts that are not flaccid Orib. 32.8.2

🄲 slim, tight, slight, slender, thin Xen. Cyn. 6.5 Plut. Publ. 15.4 etc.

🄳 metr. λαγαροὶ στίχοι verses that are “thin” inside, with a short syllable instead of a long Ath. 14.632d Plut. Pyth. 397d etc. ‖ compar. -ώτερος | superl. -ώτατος ◆ adv. λαγαρῶς softly, weakly, loosely Philostr. Im. 2.2.5 etc.

λαγαρός, (vgl. λαγώς u. λαπαρός), hohl eingesunken, schmächtig, im Ggstz des Strassen, Angespannten, Geschwollenen, Hippocr.; γαστήρ, Ar. Eccl. 1167 ; τὰ κάτωθεν τῶν κενεώνων λαγαρὰ καὶ αὐτοὺς τοὺς κενεῶνας, Xen. Cyn. 4.1 u. öfter ; vom Wege, schmal, Cyn. 6.5, wie κατὰ τὸ λαγαρώτατον, wo es am schmalsten war, Plut. Cam. 25 ; von Säulen, πέρα τοῦ καλοῦ διάκενοι καὶ λαγαροὶ φανέντες, Plut. Poplic. 15 ; ποπάνευμα, Philp. 10 (VI.231), nachher durch ὑπόκενον erkl.; von Kamelen, DS. 2.54 ; u. übertr., τὴν πόλιν ἀντὶ λαγαρᾶς καὶ ὑποσόμφου μεστὴν ἐποίησεν ἀγλαΐας, Themist. Or. 6 p. 222 ; – λάπτειν erkl. Ath. VIII.363a durch τὸ τὴν τροφὴν πέττειν καὶ κενούμενον λαγαρὸν γίγνεσθαι ; – στίχοι λαγαροί heißen bei den Grammatikern die in der Mitte eine kurze Silbe statt einer langen haben, in der Mitte zu dünn, schmächtig sind, wie z.B. βῆν εἰς αἰόλου κλυτὰ δώματα, Od. 10.60 ; vgl. Ath. XIV.632c ; Drac. p. 7.15.
• Adv. λαγαρῶς , Philostr. imagg. 2.2.

λαγαρός .λᾰγᾰρός, ά, όν

• • • 1slack, hollow, sunken, of the flanks, Xen.:— κατὰ τὸ λαγαρώτατον in the least defensible part, Plut.
    • 2slack, loose, pliant, Xen.