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ἁδρός

ἁδρός, thick

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ἁδροτέρων feminine genitive plural comparative, masculine genitive plural comparative, neuter genitive plural comparative of ἁδρός

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ἁδρός, ά, όν,
  • 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, of a sieve, coarse, large-meshed (comp.), Gp. 3.71; of measure, full, μέτρον τετραχοινικὸν ἁ. SB 10532.27 (AD 87/8):—strong, violent, πόλεμος Ar. Ra. 1099; τὰ ἁδρότατα τῶν . . συμβάντων Hell.Oxy. 4.1; ῥεύματα full, swollen, Arist. Pr. 949b5; of raindrops, Id. Mu. 394a31 (Comp.); δῆγμα D.S. 1.35; δωρεάς τε καὶ τιμὰς ἁ. δοῦναι in abundance, Id. 19.86; κοιλότης severe deficiency, Phld. Oec. p.71 J.:—of style, powerful, Longin. 40.4 (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. 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 best-grown, 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, well-grown, sturdy 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, fully developed, Arist. HA 559b11 (Comp.).—First in Hdt., never in Trag., rare in Att.; but the derivs. ἁδροτής, ἁδροσύνη occur in Ep. and ἁδρύνω in Trag. [edited from Supp.]

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