- ἀραιός
- ἀραιός [ᾰ], ά, όν, ([pref] ἁρ- Hdn.Gr.2.108, v.l. in Il.18.411, al.)A 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.I, Meliss.7, Anaxag. 12,15, cf. Emp.104 ([comp] Sup.), Thphr.CP2.4.7, etc.; opp. πίων, Arist. Pr.880a38; freq. in Hp., as VM22;δέρμα Aph.5.71
;ὀστέον Art.33
;εἴρια Mul.1.1
;ὁμίχλη . . νέφους ἀραιοτέρα Arist.Mu.394a21
, cf. Mete. 364b25 ([comp] 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.1.26
.ά, β; ἆσθμα, βήξ, Aret.SD1.11, 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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