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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

  • γράφειν μὲν οὖν οὐ συμβουλεύω σοι αὐτῷ ἀλλ̓ ἢ σφόδρα ἀραιῶσ, ἐπιδιδόναι δὲ μᾶλλον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 32:1)

Synonyms

  1. thin

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