ἀραιός[ᾰ],ά,όν,(ἁρ-Hdn.Gr. 2.108 ,v.l. in
Il. 18.411 , al.)
A. thin, slender, κνῆμαι, χείρ, γλῶσσαι,Il.l.c., 5.425 , 16.161 ; γαστήρ
Nic. Th. 133
;narrow,
εἴσοδος
Od. 10.90
; of ships, Hes. Op. 809 ;φάλαγγες ἀ.,opp.βαθύτεραι,
X. Lac. 11.6 , cf. Plu. Crass. 23 ;ἀραιᾷ τροφῇ χρῆσθαι meagre,of diet, Arist. Pol. 1335b13 .
II. later, of the substance of bodies,of loose texture,opp.πυκνός,Anaximen.I, Meliss. 7 , Anaxag. 12 , 15 , cf. Emp. 104 ( Sup. ), Thphr. CP 2.4.7 , etc.; opp.πίων,
Arist. Pr. 880a38 ; freq. in Hp. , as VM 22 ; δέρμα
Aph. 5.71
; ὀστέον
Art. 33
; εἴρια