Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσχνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσχνός ἰσχνή ἰσχνόν

Structure: ἰσχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)/sxw

Sense

  1. dry, withered, lean, meagre

Examples

  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑπέρογκοσ ἀπολίτευτόσ ἐστιν, ἡ δ’ ἰσχνὴ λίαν ἀνέκπληκτοσ. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 9 17:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ καὶ τοῦ γένουσ τοῦ καύσου τὰ παρεόντα, καὶ ἐν φθινοπώρῳ γίγνεται ἐπὶ τὸ θηριῶδεσ καὶ ἀκμάζουσι καὶ νέοισι, οἷσι ἰσχνὴ ὑπὸ διαίτησ πονηρῆσ καὶ ταλαιπωρίησ ἡ ἕξισ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 181)
  • διὰ τόδε καὶ ὄνυχεσ γρυποί· ἥδε γὰρ ἡ ἀνακωχὴ, καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασισ αὐτέων, ἥτισ ἐν τῇσι κορυφῇσι πεπλησμένη εἵνεκεν αὐτῶν· ἔστι καὶ ὁ τόνοσ, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ στερεά· Ῥὶσ ὀξείη, ἰσχνὴ, μῆλα ὑπερίσχοντα καὶ ἐρυθρὰ, ὀφθαλμοὶ κοῖλοι, στιλπνοὶ, γανόωντεσ · οἰδαλέοι, καὶ ὠχροὶ, ἢ πελιδνοὶ τὰ πρόσωπα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 151)
  • τῆσδε γὰρ ἰσχνὴ μὲν ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ βάσισ· ἐσ δὲ τὸ ἄκρον στρογγύλη καὶ παχεῖα, ξὺν ἐρυθήμα τι, ἢ πελιδνώσι· τῇδε καὶ σταφυλὴν ἐπίκλησιν ἔσχηκε τὸ πάθοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 321)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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