ἰσχνός

ἰσχνός, ή, όν,

• dry, withered, φυλλεῖα Ar. Ach. 469; ἰ. τυρός, opp. χλωρός, Poll. 6.48, POxy. 1338 (v A.D.).
• • • 2 of persons, thin, lean, Hp. Aph. 2.44, Theoc. 10.27, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar. Pl. 561; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι Pl. Lg. 665e; ἰ. ἕξεις a spare habit of body, Plu. Lyc. 17; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc. 1.9,10; of the voice, ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι to speak thin or small, Luc. Nigr. 11.
    • 3 weak, feeble, σφυγμός Gal. 8.506.
    • 4 reduced, of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο Hp. Fract. 21, cf. Epid. 4.26. Adv. -νῶς, ἑστηκώς without external swelling, Id. Coac. 481.
    • 5 light, thin, of clothing materials, POxy. 1535 B 9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, spare, plain, unadorned, ἰ. χαρακτήρ D.H. Pomp. 2, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 190, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu. Aud. 2.42d. Adv. -νῶς, εἰπεῖν to speak plainly, Plb. 1.2.6; -νῶς ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in Lycurg. 80. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. vescus: a connexion with ἴσχω was imagined by the Greeks; cf. ἰσχνόφωνος II.)

ἰσχνός, ή, όν, dürr, trocken, mager ; ἄνδρες ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar. Plut. 561 ; ἰσχνοί τε καὶ ἄσιτοι Plat. Legg. II.665e ; κύνες Rep. IV.422d ; Sp., ἰσχναὶ καὶ διάκενοι ἕξεις, entggstzt den ὀγκώδεις καὶ πολύτροφοι, Plut. Lyc. 17 ; Ggstz παχεῖα Rufin. 4 (V.37); vgl. M.Argent. 11 (V.102); τυρός, dem χλωρός entggstzt, Poll. 6.48. – Vom Pulse, dem ἁδρός entggstzt, Medic.
Uebertr. von der Stimme, ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι, dem μικρόν entsprechend, Luc. Nigr. 11 ; vom mündlichen u. schriftlichen Ausdrucke, kurz, gedrängt, dem tenue dicendi genus der Lateiner entsprechend, Rhett.; ἰσχνῶς εἰπεῖν mit dürren Worten, ohne rednerische Ausschmückung sprechen, Pol. 1.2.6.

ἰσχνός, ή, όν ἴσχω

• dry, withered, lean, meagre, Ar.