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ἀραιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀραιός ἀραιά̄ ἀραιόν

Structure: ἀραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. thin, lean, narrow, slight, slender
  2. not dense, of loose texture, porous
  3. with intervals, intermittent
  4. infrequent, scanty, few and far between
  5. (feminine substantive) flank, belly

Examples

  • ἀνωφερὲσ ἀντίκειται μόνον, οὐδ’ ὡσ πυκνὴ πρὸσ ἀραιὸν οὐδ’ ὡσ βραδεῖα καὶ στάσιμοσ πρὸσ ὀξύρροπον καὶ κινητικόν, ἀλλ’ ὡσ βαρυτάτη . (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 17 5:1)
  • "πολύλιστον ἀραιόν τέ ἐστιν ἀχρυσόπεπλον εὐῶδεσ ἀμβροσίων ἐκ μυχῶν ἐρανὸν ὕδωρ λαβόν. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 1712)
  • "αἱ γὰρ ἀνακλάσεισ γίγνονται πρὸσ οὐδὲν ἀραιὸν οὐδὲ λεπτομερέσ, οὐδ’ ἔστι φῶσ ἀπὸ φωτὸσ ἢ πῦρ ἀπὸ πυρὸσ ἀφαλλόμενον νοῆσαι ῥᾴδιον· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 1810)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἀραιὸν ἔτι καὶ διακεχυμένον ῥώννυται καὶ γίγνεται σταθερὸν καὶ διαυγέσ, ὥσθ’ ὑπὸ τῆσ τυχούσησ ἀναθυμιάσεωσ τρέφεσθαι· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 28 13:1)
  • πῶσ γὰρ οἱο͂́ν τε λεπτομερὲσ ἐκ παχυμεροῦσ καὶ ἀραιὸν γενέσθαι κατὰ περίψυξιν καὶ πύκνωσιν; (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 41 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. thin

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