βραδύτερος

βραδύς

slow: masc nom sg

βρᾰδύς, εῖα, ύ: [comp] Comp.

A

βραδύτερος Th.4.8

; metath.

βαρδύτερος Theoc.29.30

;

βραδίων Artem.1.70

: [comp] Sup.

βραδύτατος Ar.Fr. 357

, also βράδιστος (metath.

βάρδιστος Il.23.310

, 530, Doroth(?).ap.Heph. Astr.3.30) Aret.SD1.6,

βραδίστατος Ael.Fr. 325

:— slow,

κιχάνει τοι β. ὠκύν Od.8.329

, etc.: c. inf., ἀλλά τοι ἵπποι βάρδιστοι θείειν slowest at running, Il.23.310;

β. λέγειν E.HF 237

, etc.; τὸ β. delay, Pl.Lg. 766e. Adv.

βραδέως, χωρεῖν Th.5.70

;

θεῖν Pl.Prt. 336a

, etc.: [comp] Comp.

- ύτερον Hp.Prog.22

, Pl.Tht. 190a;

βραδυτέρως Aen.Tact.16.12

;

βράδῐον Hes.Op. 528

, Sor.1.117 (condemned by Luc.Sol.7): [comp] Sup.

- ύτατα Pl.Ti. 39b

.

2 of the mind, dull, sluggish,

ἐπιλήσμων καί β. Ar.Nu. 129

; opp. ἀγχίνους, Pl.Phdr. 239a; βράδιστοι τὴν γνώμην Aret.l.c.: c. inf.,

προνοῆσαι βραδεῖς Th.3.38

; τὸ β. καὶ μέλλον slowness and deliberation, Th.1.84. Adv. βραδέως, βουλεύεσθαι ib.78;

β. ὀλίγην ὀργὴν ποιεῖσθαι Pl.Phdr. 233c

.

3 in Egypt, of illiterates, βραδέως, βραδύτερον γράφειν, PTeb.316.101 (i A. D.), PRyl.173.13 (i A. D.); also

βραδέα γράφουσα BGU446.19

(ii A. D.).

II of Time, tardy, late,

σὺν χρόνῳ β. μολών S.Tr. 395

, cf. Th.7.43;

βραδεῖαν.. ὁδὸν πέμπων S.Aj. 738

. Adv.,

ἕως βραδέως ἦν τῆς ἡμέρας D.L.2.139

: neut. as Adv.,

ὀψὲ καὶ βραδὺ τῆς ἡλικίας Hld.2.29

;

βράδιον ἀπογαλακτίζειν Sor.

l.c.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `slow' (Il.).

Other forms: Comp. βραδύτερος, - τατος, also βραδίων, βάρδιστος and βραδίστατος (Ael.); Seiler, Steigerungsformen 56f.

Derivatives: βραδυτής, - τῆτος `slowness' (Il.; on the accent Schwyzer 382), βράδος `id.' (X.; after τάχος). Denomin. βραδύνω `retard' (A.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [00] * gʷrd-u- `slow'

Etymology: Can be identical with Lith. gurdùs `slow', Latv.. gur̃ds `tired' as *gʷr̥dús (Fraenkel, Phil. 97, 172; KZ 69, 76ff.). Walter KZ 11, 437 connects Lat. gurdus `dolt, heavy'; criticism by Fraenkel l.c.

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βραδύς, εῖα, ύ (s. βραδέως; Hom. et al.; SIG 502, 12; Test-Abr A 6 p. 83, 19 [Stone p. 14] τῇ ὀψὲ βραδείᾳ) slow, opp. ταχύς (Ps.-Isocr., ad Demon. 34; Aristot., EN 6, 10, 1142b; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 48) εἰς τὸ λαλῆσαι slow to speak Js 1:19 (B-D-F §402, 2; Rob. 658; βραδὺ φθέγγεσθαι is praised Dio Chrys. 15 [32], 2); β. εἰς ὀργήν ibid. (cp. Dionys. Soph., Ep. 9 β. εἰς ἐπιστολήν; Jos., Ant. 15, 107 βραδὺς εἰς τ. ἀποδόσεις.—Menand., Monost. 99 J. [60 Meineke] πρὸς ὀργὴν β.). Fig., of mental and spiritual slowness (Aristoph., Nub. 129; Polyb. 4, 8, 7; Dion. Hal., Orat. Vet. 2 p. 448; Sext. Emp., Math. 7, 325 w. ἀσύνετος; cp. Il. 10, 226, with a difft. adj.) β. τῇ καρδίᾳ slow of heart=‘dull’, w. inf. foll. (as Thu. 3, 38, 6 προνοῆσαι β.) τοῦ πιστεύειν too dull to believe (B-D-F §400, 8) Lk 24:25. Comp. βραδύτερος (Thu. 4, 8, 1; Theocr. 29, 30; Chion, Ep. 3, 2; Mayser 297): αἴτημα β. λαμβάνειν receive (the answer to) a petition rather slowly Hm 9:7; β. μετανοεῖν be slower in repentance Hs 8, 7, 3; 8, 8, 3. βράδιον (Hes., Op. 528; OGI 502, 17) rather tardy 1 Cl 1:1.—DELG. M-M.