σαθρ-ός, ά, όν,
unsound, σκυτέες τὰ σ. ὑγιέα ποιέουσι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of diseased or unsound parts of the frame, τὰ σ. ὑπὸ τῶν ἰητρῶν ὑγιαίνονται [[[prev. passage]] Refs]; γάλλοι καὶ σ. impotent, [[ PGnom. 244 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 of a vessel, cracked, opposed to ὑγιής, εἴ πῄ τι σαθρὸν ἔχει, πᾶν περικρούωμεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 55c; εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σ. φθέγγεται [prev. author] “Tht.” 179d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγγεῖα τετρημένα καὶ σ. [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 493e ] Refs]; πίθοι σαθροί probably in [[ “IG” 12.326.7; [φωναὶ] σαθραὶ καὶ παρερρυηκυῖαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 804a32: _metaphorically_, ἡ κολακεία σαθρὸν ὑπηχεῖ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.64e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, σ. κῦδος unsound fame, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρίν τι καὶ σαθρὸν μετεξετέροισι ἐγγενέσθαι before any unsound thought comes into their heads, i.e. before they prove traitors, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109; σ. λόγοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1190, “Rh.” 639 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοῦτ᾽ αἴνιγμα σημαίνεις σ.; [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 1064; τοῦτ᾽ ἐς γυναῖκας δόλιόν ἐστι καὶ σαθρόν [prev. author] “Ba.” 487; σ. μετάβασις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736e; σ. ἐστι.. πᾶν ὅ τι ἂν μὴ δικαίως ᾖ πεπραγμένον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.227; εὕροιμ᾽ ἂν ὅπῃ σαθρός ἐστι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5c; εὑρήσει τὰ σαθρὰ τῶν ἐκείνου πραγμάτων ὁ πόλεμος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.44; τὰ σ. τῆς τυραννίδος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, σαθρῶς ἱδρυμένος built on unsound foundations, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1100b7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]