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ἀταλός

ἀταλός, tender, delicate

ἀτᾰλός [ᾰτ], ή, όν,
  • tender, delicate, of youthful persons, as of maidens, Od. 11.39; of fillies, Il. 20.222; ἀταλὰ φρονέοντες of young, gay spirit, 18.567, cf. Hes. Th. 989, h.Cer. 24; μάτηρ E. El. 699 (lyr.) (unless it = suckling her lamb); ἀ. χερσί, of the aged, tremulous, A. Pers. 537 (anap.): c. dat., ἀταλὸς πατρί, i.e. subject, amenable to him, Pi. N. 7.91. Adv. -λῶς Sch. Il. 5.271: Sup. -ώτατα, παίζει IG 1.492a.

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