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1 δείλαιος
A wretched, sorry, paltry, not in Hom., freq. in Trag., esp. of persons, A.Pr. 580 (lyr.), etc.;δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ S.OT 1347
(lyr.); δ. χάρις a sorry kindness, A.Ch. 517; δ. σποδός paltry dust, S.El. 758; δ. ἄχεα, ἀλγηδών, δύα, Emp.145, S.OC 513 (lyr.), Ant. 1311 (lyr.); (lyr.): sts. found in Com. (v. infr.) and Prose, Lys.24.23 ([comp] Sup.), Aeschin.1.172: in later Prose, Jul.Or.1.29b. (The penult. is short in S.Ant. 1311, El. 849 (lyr.), E.Supp. 279 (lyr.), Ar.Eq. 139, V. 165, etc.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > δείλαιος
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2 εὐτελής
A easily paid for, cheap, Hdt.2.86 ([comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup.), Pl.Cri. 45a, etc.; slight, easy, Id.Lg. 649d; τὰ εὐ. ἐν χειρουργίᾳ simple methods of treatment, BKT3p.24; εὐτελέστερα δὲ τὰ δεινά the danger would be more cheaply met, Th.8.46 codd. (dub.). Adv. - λῶς at a cheap rate, X.Smp.4.49; ἀγόρασον εὐ. Ephipp.15.1: [comp] Comp. - έστερον X.Cyr.8.3.46; - εστέρως Gloss.: [comp] Sup. - έστατα, σκευάσαι IG12.44.9; f.l. for εὐσταλέστατα, Hdn.2.11.1.2 mean, paltry, worthless, of persons,σηματουργὸς δ' οὔ τις εὐ. ἄρ' ἦν A.Th. 491
; of character, Arist.Pol. 1272b41; opp. σεμνότερος, Id.Po. 1448b26 ([comp] Comp.);ὅστις-έστατος Eup.189
;παιδισκάριον Men.338
;ἀνόητος, εὐ. ὑπερβολῇ Id.615
; so of things, εὐ. βίος shabby, Pl.Lg. 806a; of land, depreciated in value, PTeb.61(b).30 (ii B.C.); - εστέρα ἄσκησις paltry, requiring no exertion, X.Eq.Mag.1.16;τἄλλα δὲ.. -έστατα Pl.Com. 174.11
, cf. Epin.1.4.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > εὐτελής
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3 φαῦλος
A cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in E., twicein Hdt.1.26, 126 ([comp] Comp., elsewh. φλαῦρος), six times in Democr., Fr.87, al., twice in S., Frr.41,771: Adv. φαύλως once in A.: A. Pers. 520.I of things, easy, slight,φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον E.Supp. 317
; φαυλότατον ἔργον ''tis as easy as lying', Ar.Eq. 213;φ. πρᾶγμα Id.Lys.14
;τὸ ζήτημα οὐ φ. Pl.R. 368c
;φ. ἐρώτημα Id.Phlb. 19a
; : freq. with negat., οὐ φ., ἀλλὰ χαλεπὸν πιστεῦσαι ib. 527d;μάχη οὐ φ. Id.Tht. 179d
;οὐ φ. τέχνη Id.Sph. 223c
; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, E.El. 760; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, Id.Rh. 285;οὐ φ. πληγαί D.54.13
; ; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, Hdt.1.26; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, S.Fr.41 (wrongly glossed by μέγα in Phot., Suid., and EM789.43, cf. Hsch); σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial force, E.Rh. 599;παρὰ φαῦλον ποιεῖσθαί τι D.H.Rh.4.2
, cf. Lib.Or.14.26. Adv. -λως εὑρεῖν, τυχεῖν, Ar.Eq. 404 (troch.), 509 (anap.);φ. πάνυ Id.Lys. 566
(anap.); φ. ἐκφυγεῖν to get off easily, Id.Ach. 215 (lyr.);φ. ἀποδράς Id.Th. 711
(lyr.);φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα Id.Nu. 778
; οὔτι φαύλως ἦλθε with no trivial force, E.Ph. 112;φ. βοηθήσειν D.15.13
;φαύλως καὶ γλίσχρως παρείχοντο χρήματα Hell.Oxy.14.2
; τὰς ἐλπίδας φ. ἔχειν to be slight, Hdn.1.3.1.2 simple, ordinary,δίαιτα Hp.Fract.36
, Art.49, Eur.Fr.213.4;σῖτα καὶ ποτὰ φαυλότατα X.Mem.1.6.2
, cf. Hp. Vict.3.68 ([comp] Comp.); but freq. with sense poor, indifferent,στρατιά Th.6.21
; ἀσπίδες, τείχισμα, παρασκευή, Id.4.9.115, 6.31;ἱμάτιον X.
l. c. Adv.-λως, διατρίβειν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Pl.Tht. 173c
;μὴ φ. μηδὲ ἰδιωτικῶς Id.Lg. 966e
.3 mean, bad,πρῆξις Democr.177
; ,ψόγος Id.Ph.94
(perh. both in signf. 1.1 and in 1.3);οὐ φ. ὄψις Pl.R. 519a
;φ. δόξα D.24.205
;τὰ πράγματ' ἐστὶ φ. Id.19.30
;φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένος Philem.229
;ὁ φαῦλα πράττων Ev.Jo.3.20
;μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φ. Ep.Rom.9.11
;τὸ φ.
evil,E.
IT 390; τὰ φ., opp. τὰ ἀγαθά, X.Smp.4.47; τύχη φ., opp. ἀγαθή, Arist.Ph. 197a26, cf. Metaph. 1065a35;τὴν πόλιν μηθὲμ φ. παθεῖν OGI765.35
([place name] Priene); κομίσασθαι.. εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φ., of rewards and punishments, 2 Ep.Cor.5.10;φ. μαίωσις Sor.2.17
, cf. 1.91, al.II of persons, low in rank, mean, common, E.Fr. 688; οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest sort (of soldiers), Th.7.77; [γάμος] ὁ ἐκ τῶν φαυλοτέρων, opp. ἐκ μειζόνων, X.Hier.1.27, cf. Pl.R. 475b; of outward looks, the plainer ones,Ar.
Ec. 617, cf. 626 ([comp] Comp., both anap.).2 inefficient, bad,διδάσκαλος S.Fr.771.3
; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ μέσον καὶ τὸ πάνυ ἀκριβές the inefficient, the middling, and the perfect, Th.6.18; φ. αὐλητής, opp. ἀγαθός, Pl.Prt. 327c; ; ; opp. σπουδαῖος, Isoc.1.1, Pl.Lg. 757a, etc.; esp. in point of education and accomplishments, opp.σοφός, οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖς φαῦλοι παρ' ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν E.Hipp. 989
, cf. Ph. 496, Ion 834, Pl.Smp. 174c, Alc.1.129a;τὸ πλῆθος τὸ -ότερον E.Ba. 431
(lyr.); οἱ -ότεροι, opp. to οἱ ξυνετώτεροι, Th.3.37; οἱ φαυλότεροι γνώμην ib.83;τὰ γράμματα φαῦλοι Pl.Phdr. 242c
(so in Adv.,φαυλοτέρως πεπαιδευμένοι Id.Lg. 876d
); generally, inferior, Id.Grg. 483c: c. inf.,φαῦλοι μάχεσθαι E.IT 305
; φ. λέγειν, φ. διαλεχθῆναι, Pl.Tht. 181b, Prt. 336c: of animals,φ. κύων D.26.22
;φαυλότατοι ἵπποι X.Mem.4.1.3
.3 careless, thoughtless, indifferent, E.Med. 807:—esp. in Adv., φαύλως ἐκρίνατε judged lightly, A.Pers. 520;φ. εὕδειν E.Rh. 769
; ;φ. παραινεῖν
off-hand,Id.
HF89; off-hand, roughly,Ar.
V. 656 (anap.);φ. εἰπεῖν
casually,Pl.
R. 449c; φ. φέρειν to bear lightly, E. IA 850, Ar.Av. 961.4 in good sense, simple, unaffected,φαῦλον, ἄκομψον, τὰ μέγιστ' ἀγαθόν E.Fr. 473
(anap.), cf. D.L.3.63. Adv.-λως, παιδεύειν τινά
by a very simple method,X.
Oec.13.4;φ. καὶ βραχέως ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl.Tht. 147c
.5 of health, etc., φαύλως ἔχειν to be ill, Hp.Aph.2.32; φ. πράττειν to be in sorry plight, Men. Sam. 165;φ. ἔχει τὰ πράγματα D.10.3
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4 βαιός
A little, small,βαιὰ ποικίλλειν ἐν μακροῖσιν κτεάνων Pi.P. 9.77
;β. νῆσος A.Pers. 448
;μέρος β. ἔχειν Id.Ag. 1574
(lyr.); ὄλβος prob. in E.Fr. 825; ;μαλλὸς εἰρίων Herod.8.12
; scanty, and of number, few,σῦκα βαιά Anan.3
, cf. Hp. Lex1;βαιά γ' ὡς ἀπὸ πολλῶν A.Pers. 1023
(lyr.); β. κύλιξ a scanty cup, i.e. one only, S.Fr.42, Lyc.Fr.3;ῥάκη β.
a few, paltry,S.
Ph. 274; few words,Id.
Aj. 292; butβαιὰν.. λόγων φάμαν
low-spoken,Id.
Ph. 845 (lyr.); ἥσθην δὲ βαιά, πάνυ δὲ βαιά, τέτταρα Ar. Ach.2; ἐχώρει βαιός he was going with scanty escort, i. e. alone, S. OT 750; of condition, mean, humble, βαιοί, opp. οἱ μεγάλοι, Id.Aj. 160 (anap.); ἐκ κάρτα βαιῶν γνωτὸς ἂν γένοιτ' ἀνήρ from a low condition, Id.Fr. 282;οὐχὶ βαιὰ τἀνθυμήματα Id.OC 1199
;βαιᾷ τῇδ' ὑπὸ στέγῃ Id.Ph. 286
; of time, short, Sol.10, S.Tr.44; βαιῆς ἄπο from infancy (of a girl), IG14.1892: neut. βαιόν as Adv., a little, S.Aj. 90, Ph.20: of time, Id.OC 1653, Tr. 335: pl.,βαιά, φρονήσει τύχη μάχεται Democr.119
; by little and little,D.P.
622: [comp] Comp. βαιότερος, opp. μείζων, Parm.8.45, cf. Opp.C.3.86: [comp] Sup.- ότατος AP9.438
(Phil.).—Poet., [dialect] Ion., and later Prose, as Phld.Rh.1.195, 244S., Id.Ir.p.95 W. -
5 κάνθαρος
κάνθᾰρος, ὁ,A dung-beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius, Arist.HA 490a15, al., Ael.NA10.15, Ar.Lys. 695, Crates Theb.10.6, Theoc.5.114, Aesop.7, etc.; Αἰτναῖος κ., a specially large kind, A.Fr. 233, S.Ichn. 300, cf. Epich.76: prov., κανθάρου σκιαί, of some paltry fear, Hsch., Diogenian.5.88; soἀθυμῶν ὅτι αὐτοῦ καταθέουσι δύο κανθάρω Lib.Ep. 91.4
.II a sort of drinking-cup with large handles, Phryn.Com. 15, Amips.2, Axionic.7.III a kind of Naxian boat, Ar. Pax 143, Sosicr.2, Nicostr.Com.10.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κάνθαρος
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6 λιτός
A simple, inexpensive, frugal,λιταὶ τράπεζαι Ps.-Phoc.81
;οἱ λ. χυλοί Epicur.Ep.3p.63U.
;λ. βίος Men.633
, Crates Theb.10;τροφὴ λιτοτάτη Ath.5.191f
;λιτὴ δίαιτα Plu.2.668f
, cf. 125d, etc.; τὸ λ. τῆς διαίτης, κατὰ τὴν δίαιταν, Epicur.Fr. 478, M.Ant.1.3; παρέξοδος (q.v.) - οτέρη Hp.Decent.8;λ. χλαμύδιον Men.442
;τὰ ἱμάτια λ. καὶ σώφρονα Jul.Caes. 317c
;μίτρη λιτὴ στυππείου Michel832.17
(Samos, iv B. C.); ὑποκεφάλαια δύο ἡμιτυβίου λιτά ib.l.23; [ἀσπίδας] χαλκᾶς λιτὰς δύο, opp. περίχρυσος μία, IG22.1491.31 (iv B. C.); ἅλα λιτὸν ἐπέσθων frugal salt, Call.Epigr.48;λ. ὀξίς Nicostr.Com.9
(cj. for λοιπή); λ. ὕδωρ πίνων D.L.8.13
; λ. χρίματα simple or plain unguents, Call. Lav.Pall.25;λ. ταφή Phld.Mort.30
; λ. ζωμός thin (chicken-) broth, Gal.12.295; of medicines, ἡ διὰ κωδυῶν λιτή (sc. δύναμις) Crito ap. Gal.13.38;ἡ διὰ μόρων λιτή Archig.
ap. eund.12.973;λ. ἔμπλαστροι Androm.
ap. eund.13.495, cf. 486; χάρτης λιτός, as a cargo, perh. cheap or coarse papyrus, Cat.Cod.Astr.1.104.28.2 of persons, poor, λ. γενόμενος τοῖς ἔχουσι μὴ φθόνει dub. in Dionys.Com.10 ( = Dionys.Trag.8); frugal,αὐτάρκεις καὶ λ. Plb.6.48.7
;κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ σίτησιν ἀφελὴς καὶ λ. Id.11.10.3
;λ. περὶ δίαιταν Plu.2.709b
. Adv. - τῶς frugally, Sotad.Com.1.6, AP7.156 (Isid.);λ. βιοῦν D.L. 6.105
;λ. καὶ σωφρόνως ζῆν Ephor.149
J.; λαμπρῶς ἢ λ. ἐξενεχθέντας Phld.l.c.II metaph., of style, plain, simple, unadorned, Arist. Rh. 1416b25, D.H.Th.23, al.III paltry, petty, small,τάφος AP 7.73
(Gemin.), cf. 7.18 (Antip.Thess.); of persons, opp. μέγας, Call. Ap.10;πολισμάτια Plb.32.8.3
. Adv. - τῶς slightly,ἡψημένα Artem. 1.70
;λ. ἑφθά Diocl.Fr.141
; dub. sens. in Alc.Oxy. 1788 Fr.2.11. [ῑ, but [pron. full] ῐ late,λῐτὰ δεῖπνα Nonn.D.17.59
.]------------------------------------λῐτός (A), ή, όν, epith. of γαῖα, dub. sens. in Alex.Aet.1, Orph. A.92; λιτὴ χθών· ἀπὸ τοῦ προσκυνεῖσθαι καὶ λιτανεύεσθαι, Hsch.------------------------------------ -
7 μικροχαρής
A easily pleased: τὰ μ. paltry pleasantries, Longin.4.4;τὰ κατάρρυθμα μικροχαρῆ Id.41.1
;ἡδοναὶ ἀγεννεῖς καὶ μ. Antip.Stoic.3.255
, cf. Phld.Po.5.25.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μικροχαρής
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8 σκευάριον
I ([etym.] σκεῦος) small vessel or utensil, mostly in pl., Ar.Ach. 451, Ra. 172, Pl. 809, Pl.Com.121, etc.: sg., Ar.Pl. 1139.II ([etym.] σκευή) paltry garment, Pl.Alc.1.113e.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σκευάριον
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9 συμβόλαιον
II in Law, contract, covenant, bond, in acknowledgement of a loan (v.συμβάλλω 1.6
), συμβολαίου λαχεῖν (sc. δίκην ) obtain leave to bring an action for enforcing a contract, Lys.17.3;οὐ τὸ παράπαν σ. ἐξαρνοῦνται μὴ γενέσθαι D.34.3
; συμβολαίου οὐκ ὄντος.. οὔτε ναυτικοῦ οὔτε ἐγγείου no bond with security either on bottomry or on land, Id.33.3, cf. SIG742.50 (Ephesus, i B.C.); ἀπώλλυτο καὶ τῷ πατρὶ τὸ ς. his loan would have been lost, D.49.2; ποιεῖσθαι τὸ ς. Arist.Rh.Al. 1431a17, etc.; of a receipt, BGU 1047 ii 3: mostly in pl., τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ς. Pl.Plt. 295a;σ. ἃ πρὸς ἀλλήλους συμβάλλουσιν Id.R. 425c
;ἀνδρὶ.. συμμείξαντι σ. μετρίως Id.Lg. 958c
; τὰ Ἀθήναζε καὶ τὰ Ἀθήνηθεν ς. bonds for money lent on freights to and from Athens, D.32.1;τὰ σ. διαλύειν Arist. Pol. 127a10
, cf. IG12.16.7, 116.18, al.;τὰ σ. καὶ τὰ ἄλλα νομίσματα Phld.Rh.1.233
S.; δικαστήριον τὸ διαλῦσον τὰ μετέωρα ς. pending suits for enforcing contracts, Supp.Epigr.1.363.9, al. (Samos, iii B.C.), cf. SIG344.24 (Teos, iv B.C.); , cf. Arist.Pol. 1275b9; ἀντίδικος ἐκ συμβολαίων the opposite party in such a suit, Is.5.33; συμβόλαια ἀποστερεῖν fail in payment of money lent on such bond, Isoc.12.243, D.32.7; πράξεις συμβολαίων exaction of such moneys, And.1.88; μικρῶν ἕνεκα ς. for paltry sums so lent, Lys.12.98: more generally, τὰ τοῦ καθ' ἡμέραν βίου ς., i.e. the engagements of life, common civil rights, D.18.210; τὰ περὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν ς. Arist.Pol. 1300b12; ἀναγραφὴ τῶν ς. Thphr.Fr.97.2;ἐὰν μή τις ἄγῃ πρὸς ἴδιον σ. ἐγκαλῶν τι αὐτῷ SIG494.8
(Delph., iii B.C.).2 generally, engagement, E. Ion 411; τὰ ἄλλα ς. other transactions (than wills), Is.4.12, cf. Isoc.20.16, Pl.Lg. 913a; of the relation between ward and guardian, ib. 922a; τὰ ἑκούσια ς. Id.R. 556b, Arist. EN 1164b13.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > συμβόλαιον
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10 φλαῦρος
A = φαῦλος (EM128.57), first in Sol.13.15, Pi.P.1.87, prevailing in [dialect] Ion. Prose, and freq. in [dialect] Att. (v. infr. 1.2 and 111):I mostly of things, petty, paltry, trivial, Sol., Pi. ll. cc.; ἀποσκήψαντος τοῦ ἐνυπνίου ἐς φλαῦρον having come to a trivial ending, Hdt.1.120.2 indifferent, bad, .ά; φ. σημεῖον Hp.Aph.6.52
;εἴ τι φ. εἶδες A.Pers. 217
(troch.); opp. ἀγαθός, Pl.Men. 92c; opp. καλός, Democr. 63;φλαῦρ' ἔπη μυθούμενος S.Aj. 1162
; κλύειν φλαῦρα ib. 1323; φλαῦρον ἐργάσασθαί τινα to do one a mischief, Ar.Nu. 1157; φλαῦρον εἰπεῖν τινας speak disparagingly of them, ib. 834, cf. Lys. 1045 (lyr.);περί τινος Antipho 5.30
, Isoc.5.76;τῆς δόξης ταύτης φ. τι καταγιγνώσκειν Id.15.297
;φ. τι ἀπολαῦσαί Id.8.81
; γέροντα δ' ὀρθοῦν φλαῦρὸν ὃς νέος πέσῃ it is a poor thing, S.OC 395.II less freq. of persons, οὐ φλαυροτάτους.. τιμωρούς not the least distinguished.., Hdt. 7.171; τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ -ότατον the least serviceable part, Id.1.207; οἰκίης οὐ -οτέρης not meaner, Id.1.99.2 shabby, plain, of personal appearance,τὸ εἶδος φ. Id.6.61
.III Adv., - ρως ἔχειν to be ill, Hp.Mul.1.26, Hdt.3.129, 6.135, Pl.Sph. 228b; φ. ἔχειν τινός to be ill off for a thing, Th.1.126; φ. ἔχειν τὴν τέχνην have a slight knowledge of.. Hdt.3.130; φ. πρῆξαι τῷ στόλῳ to fare badly with.. Id.6.94; φ. ἀκούειν to be ill spoken of, Id.7.10.ή; φ. λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος Ael.VH8.17
; φ. ἰέναι, of the καταμήνια, Hp.Steril.241.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > φλαῦρος
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11 ἀνθρώπινος
A of, from, or belonging to man, human,ἀ. βίος Philol.11
, cf. Hdt.7.46; ἅπαν τὸ ἀ. all mankind, Id.1.86; τὸ ἀ. γένος (v.l. φῦλον) Antipho 4.1.2, Pl.Phd. 82b; ἀ. κίνδυνοι, opp. θεῖοι, And.1.139;ἀ. δίκη Lys.6.20
; ἀ. τεκμήρια, opp. omens, Antipho 5.81; human affairs,Pl.
Tht. 170b, Arist.EN 1102b3 (v.l. -ικά) ἀνθρώπινόν τι παθεῖν die, IG5(2), 266.20 (Mantinea, i B. C.), cf. PPetr.1p.33 (iii B. C.), PRyl.153.39 (ii A. D.); soἐάν τι τῶν ἀ. περί τινα γένηται Epicur.Fr. 217
.2 human, suited to man, ἀνθρωπίνη δόξα fallible, human understanding, Pl.Sph. 229a; οὐκ ἀ. ἀμαθία super-human, monstrous folly, Id.Lg. 737b, etc.; ἀ. καὶ μετρία σκῆψιςD 21.41; ;ἀ. νοῦς Men.482
;ἀ. τὸ γεγενημένον X.Cyr.5.4.19
.3 ἀνθρώπινα, τά, secular revenues, SIG527.133; secular rites, opp.θῖνα, Leg.Gort.10.43.II Adv. ἀνθρωπίνως, ἁμαρτάνειν commit human, i.e. venial, errors, Th.3.40; more within the range of human faculty,Pl.
Cra. 392b, D.18.252; ἀνθρωπίνως ἐκλογίζεσθαι, i.e. with fellow-feeling, And.2.6; humanely, gently, D.23.70;ἀ. χρὴ τὰς τύχας φέρειν
with moderation,Men.
816;εὐτυχίαν D.S.1.60
.—Of the three forms, ἀνθρώπειος is used exclusively in Trag. and generally in Th. (but cf.1.22); ἀνθρώπινος prevails in Comedy and in Prose from Pl. downwds. (though he uses ἀνθρώπειος no less frequently); ἀνθρωπικός is freq. in Arist. [suff] ἀνθρώπ-ιον, τό, = sq., E.Cyc. 185, Anaxandr. 34; paltry fellow,ὦ πόνηρ' ἀνθρώπια Ar. Pax 263
, cf. X.Mem.2.3.16, Cyr.5.1.14, D.18.242.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀνθρώπινος
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12 ἀσθενής
ἀσθεν-ής, ές,A without strength, weak,1 in body, feeble, sickly,τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς Hdt.4.135
, cf. Hp.VM12;ἀσθενεῖ χρωτὶ βαίνων Pi.P.1.55
, etc.;ὁ παντάπασιν ἀ. τῷ σώματι D.21.165
;ἀ. περὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Luc. Nigr.4
; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, Hdt.4.134; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., D.23.54. Adv.ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν Pl.Lg. 659e
, cf. OGI751.8 (Amblada, ii B.C.).2 in mind, and the like ,τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης
the weakness,Th.
2.61.3 in power, weak, feeble,ἀ. δύναμις Hdt.7.9
.ά, cf. 1.58; ;πόλιν ἑνὸς-εστέραν S.OC 1033
;εἰς ὠφέλειαν ἀ. D.Ep.2.15
.4 in property, weak, poor,οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι Hdt.2.88
: abs.,ὅ τ' ἀ. ὁ πλούσιός τε E.Supp. 433
; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, X.Cyr.8.1.30, cf. Lys.1.2.5 insignificant,οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων Hdt.4.95
; paltry,ἀ. σόφισμα A.Pr. 1011
; of streams, petty, small, Hdt.2.25; of fluids, of small specific gravity, Id.3.23; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, Id.1.120. Adv.- νῶς
feebly, without energy,Pl.
R. 528b; on slight evidence,ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι Onos.
Praef.: [comp] Comp.ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν Pl.Phdr. 255e
; ;- έστερα Th.1.141
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13 ἀφιλότιμος
ἀφῐλό-τῑμος, ον,A lacking in ambition, Is.7.35, Lycurg.69, Arist.EN 1107b29: [comp] Sup., Plb.6.48.8;βίος ἀ. εἰς δόξαν Inscr.Prien. 112.11
, cf. Eun.VSp.491 B. Adv.- μως Plb.12.23.8
;πρὸς πολίτας ζῆν Plu.2.525d
; but also, without fear or favour, impartial, IG9(2).517.34 (Epist. Philipp.).2 simply, indifferent,πρὸς κάλλος J. AJ2.9.6
. Adv.- μως
lukewarmly,PPetr.
2p.5.II of things, not honourable, paltry,ἡ ἀπὸ μικρῶν δόξα ἀ. Plu.2.35a
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14 ἄπιχθυς
ἄπιχθυς, υ,2 Subst., paltry little fish, Eust.1720.24.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἄπιχθυς
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15 ἰσχαλέος
A dried,κρομύοιο λοπὸς ἰσχαλέοιο Od.19.233
; thin, paltry,περόναι Man.6.434
:—later [full] ἰσχνᾰλέος, Eust. 1863.60.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἰσχαλέος
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16 ἀσσάριον
ἀσσάριον, ου, τό (Lat. loanw.: assarius [nummus]; s. Hahn index; Schürer II 66; OGI 484, 13 w. n. 14; Kubitschek in Pauly-W. II 1742ff.—s. ἀργύριον end) a Roman copper coin, worth about one-sixteenth of a denarius, as, assarion (s. δηνάριον), or a similar native coin ἀσσαρίου πωλεῖσθαι be sold for a paltry sum Mt 10:29 (a cliché, s. e.g. Cato in Seneca, Ep. 94, 27 quod non opus est, asse carum est=even an ‘as’ is too high a price for something you don’t need); Lk 12:6 (two assaria = [only] an hour’s work; ‘two pennies’ NRSV does not reflect economic reality; DMacDonald, Historia 38, ’89, 120–23; TMartin, Biblical Research 38, ’93, 69–73). Dssm., LO 196 (LAE 272–75).—M-M.
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