δᾰσύς, εῖα, ύ,
Ionic dialect feminine δασέα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ψιλός in all senses:
__I with a shaggy surface,
__I.1 hairy, shaggy, δέρμα.. μέγα καὶ δ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.51 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀ δ. γενέσθαι, of the bald, recover their hair, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 6.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of young hares, downy, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέρρα δ. βοῶν, βοῶν δασειῶν ὠμοβόεινα shields of skin with the hair on, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.12, 4.7.22; ὀσφὺν δασέαν “SIG” 1037.6 (Milet., 4th-3rd c.BC) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 180; τὰ σώματα δασεῖς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 812b17. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb δασέως, ἔχειν περὶ τὴν κοιλίαν[[ [prev. work] 15. ] Refs]
__I.2 thick with leaves, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.49 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θρίδαξ δασέα, opposed to παρατετιλμένη, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of places, thickly wooded, bushy, absolutely, [[ [prev. author] 4.191, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aë.” 1; διὰ.. τῶν δασέων] Refs 5th c.BC+] through the thickets, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 325: with _dative_ modi, δ. ὕλῃ παντοίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴδησι παντοίῃσι[[ [prev. work] 109; ἐλαίαις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.7: rarely with _genitive_, δ. παντοίων δένδρων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δ. bushy country,[[ [prev. work] 4.7.7; δ. γῆ “Schwyzer” 734 (from Zelea). ] Refs]