Aristotle Greek Lexicon δασύς

δασύς

dasys

with a shaggy surface

Appears 49 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δασύς, εῖα, ύ, Ion. fem. δασέα Hdt. 3.32; Α. opp. ψιλός in all senses: I. with a shaggy surface, 1. hairy, shaggy, δέρμα . . μέγα καὶ δ. Od. 14.51; ὀ δ. γενέσθαι, of the bald, recover their hair, Hp. Aph. 6.34; of young hares, downy, Hdt. 3.108; γέρρα δ. βοῶν, βοῶν δασειῶν ὠμοβόεινα shields of skin with the hair on, X. An. 5.4.12, 4.7.22; ὀσφὺν δασέαν SIG 1037.6 (Milet., iv/iii B. C.); of birds, Thphr. Fr. 180; τὰ σώματα δασεῖς Arr. Ind. 24: Sup., Arist. Phgn. 812b17. Adv. δασέως, ἔχειν περὶ τὴν κοιλίαν ib.15. 2. thick with leaves, Od. 14.49; θρίδαξ δασέα, opp. παρατετιλμένη, Hdt. 3.32; of places, thickly wooded, bushy, abs., Id. 4.191, cf. Hp. Aë. 1; διὰ . . τῶν δασέων through the thickets, Ar. Nu. 325: c. dat. modi, δ. ὕλῃ παντοίῃ Hdt. 4.21; ἴδησι παντοίῃσι ib.109; ἐλαίαις Lys. 7.7: rarely c.gen., δ. παντοίων δένδρων X. An. 2.4.14; τὸ δ. bushy country, ib.4.7.7; δ. γῆ Schwyzer 734 (Zelea). 3. generally, rough, thick, μαλακαὶ καὶ δ. νεφέλαι D.S. 3.45. 4. δ. οὖρα cloudy, Hp. Epid. 7.112. II. hoarse, ἀναπνοή Gal. 18(1).574. 2. aspirated, Arist. Aud. 804b8, Ph. 1.29, D.T. 631.22, etc.; ἡ δασεῖα (Sc. προσῳδία) Seleuc. ap. Ath. 9.398a, A.D. Synt. 319.20; δ. τὸ θ καὶ τὸ φ καὶ τὸ χ D.H. Comp. 14. Adv. -έως, ἀναγνῶναι, ἐκφέρειν, A.D. Pron. 78.16,S.E. M. 1.59. III. δ. παράγωγος, Hsch. (Perh. for δṇ-σύς, cf. Lat. densus.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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