ἁδρός

ἁδρός, ά, όν,

A thick, stout, bulky:

I of things, χιόνα ἁ. πίπτουσαν ἰδεῖν falling thick, Hdt.4.31; τῶν ἀνθράκων οἱ ἁδρότατοι the most solid, Hp.Mul.2.133; κίονες ἁ. large, D.S.3.47;

τοὺς ἁδροτάτους τῶνλέμβων Id.20.85

:—strong, violent,

πόλεμος Ar.Ra.1099

;

τὰ ἁδρότατατῶν . . συμβάντων Hell.Oxy.4.1

; ῥεύματα full, swollen, Arist.Pr.949b5; of raindrops, Id.Mu.394a31 ([comp] Comp.);

δῆγμα D.S.1.35

; δωρεάστε καὶ τιμὰς ἁ. δοῦναι in abundance, Id.19.86; κοιλότης severe deficiency, Phld.Oec.p.71 J.:—of style, powerful, Longin.40.4 ([comp] Comp.), cf. Phld.Rh.1.182 S.; ἁ. νοήματα dub. in D.H.Comp.4;

ἀπειλή Phld. Hom.p.35

O.; τὸ ἁ. the grand style, opp. τὸ ἰσχνόν, Ps.-Plu.Vit.Hom. 72. Adv., [comp] Comp. ἁδροτέρως, διαιτᾶν live more freely, Hp.Aph.1.7; ἁ. φαρμακεύειν ib.4.9; neut. as Adv., ἁδρὸν γελάσαι laugh loud, Antiph. 144; ἁδρότερον πιεῖν drink more deeply, Diph.5.

II of persons, fine, well-grown,

ἐπεὰν τὸ παιδίον ἁ. γένηται Hdt.4.180

;

τῷ παιδί, ἐπὴν ἁ. ἔῃ Hp.Genit.2

;

τῶν παίδων ὅσοι ἁ. Pl.R.466e

; οἱ -ότεροι the bestgrown, the stronger, Isoc.12.110; οἱ ἁ. chiefs, princes, LXX 4 Ki.10.6; also

ἁ. τὴν ψυχήν Democh.3

;

ἡ κατὰ ψυχὴν ἁ. ὑπεροχή Procl.in Alc.p.94

C.

2 of animals, fine, fat,

χοῖρος X.Oec.17.10

;

λύκος Babr.101

; freq. in Com. of flesh, fish, etc., Antiph.20.5, 26.21, Alex. 170, etc.

3 of fruit or corn, full-grown, ripe,

ὅκως εἴη καρπὸς ἁ. Hdt.1.17

, cf. Arist.Metaph.1017b8.

b ἁ. ῥίζα, = ἀριστολοχεία στρογγύλη, Ps.-Dsc.3.4.

c of an egg, ready to be laid, Arist. HA559b11 ([comp] Comp.).—First in Hdt., never in Trag., rare in [dialect] Att.; but the derivs. ἁδροτής, ἁδροσύνη occur in [dialect] Ep. and ἁδρύνω in Trag.