dry, withered
ἰσχνός,ή,όν,
A. 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. ἕξειςasparehabit of body, Plu. Lyc. 17 ; of roots, -ότεραι
Dsc. 1.9
, 10 ; of the voice,ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαιto speakthinorsmall, 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. 2.42d .Adv. -νῶς, εἰπεῖνto speakplainly, Plb. 1.2.6 ;-νῶς ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀρετήνdub.l. in Lycurg. 80 . (Perh. cogn. with Lat.vescus: a connexion withἴσχωwas imagined by the Greeks; cf. ἰσχνόφωνος
11
.)
