βρᾰδυτής, ῆτος, ἡ,
slowness, sluggishness, βραδυτῆτί τε νωχελίη τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.411 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so of persons, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 932 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, 5.75, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 14.1: in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.141, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.246 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: literal slowness, opposed to τάχος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 228b29. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]