ἁπᾰλός, ή, όν,
soft to the touch, tender: in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of the human body, ἁπαλὴν ὑπὸ δειρήν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.371; παρειάων ἁπαλάων 18.123; ἁπαλοῖο δι᾽ αὐχένος ἦλθεν ἀκωκή 17.49; ἁ. πόδες 19.92] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. τέ σφ᾽ ἦτορ ἀπηύρα, i. e. the life of young animals,[[ 11.115; ἵεσαν αὐδὴν ἐξ ἁπαλῶν στομάτων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 279; δέρα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.16 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons, delicate, παῖδες[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 14.5; εὐμορφοτέρα.. τᾶς ἀπάλας Γυρίννως 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 76 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; of flowers, ἄνθρυσκα [[Ead. “Supp.” 25.13] Refs]; rare in Trag., and only in Lyric poetry, παρειά[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 70; βρέφος ἁ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1285; βλέφαρον τέγγουσ᾽ ἁ. “El.” 1339; more frequently in Comedy texts, σισύμβριον 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 239; κρέα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1063; δάκτυλοι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 48; θερμολουσίαις ἁπαλοί “Comica Adespota” 56] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Prose, ἁ. ψυχή[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of raw fruit, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tender meat, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 1.5.2] Refs]; soft-boiled, of eggs, [[ {5th c.AD}: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “Anthologia Graeca” 2.18 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; of a gentle fire, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 79.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, soft, gentle, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι laugh gently, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.465] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. δίαιτα soft, delicate, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239c; τῶ αὐτῷ.. χρησώμεθα τεκμηρίῳ περὶ Ἔρωτα ὅτι ἁπαλός [prev. author] “Smp.” 195e (also in _superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ. εἴσπλους λιμένος, opposed to τραχύς, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 357. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb ἁπαλῶς, ὀπτᾶν to roast moderately, [[ 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy texts 1.16] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: comparative ἁπαλωτέρως, ἅπτεσθαι[[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]