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 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, Aph. 6.34; of young hares, downy, 3.108; γέρρα δ. βοῶν, βοῶν δασειῶν ὠμοβόεινα shields of skin with the hair on, An. 5.4.12, 4.7.22; ὀσφὺν δασέαν SIG 1037.6 (Milet., iv/iii B. C.); of birds, Fr. 180; τὰ σώματα δασεῖς Ind. 24: Sup., Phgn. 812b17. Adv. δασέως, ἔχειν περὶ τὴν κοιλίαν ib.15. 2. thick with leaves, Od. 14.49; θρίδαξ δασέα, opp. παρατετιλμένη, 3.32; of places, thickly wooded, bushy, abs., 4.191, cf. Aë. 1; διὰ . . τῶν δασέων through the thickets, Nu. 325: c. dat. modi, δ. ὕλῃ παντοίῃ 4.21; ἴδησι παντοίῃσι ib.109; ἐλαίαις 7.7: rarely c.gen., δ. παντοίων δένδρων 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 3.45. 4. δ. οὖρα cloudy, Epid. 7.112. II. hoarse, ἀναπνοή 18(1).574. 2. aspirated, Aud. 804b8, 1.29, 631.22, etc.; ἡ δασεῖα (Sc. προσῳδία) ap. 9.398a, Synt. 319.20; δ. τὸ θ καὶ τὸ φ καὶ τὸ χ Comp. 14. Adv. -έως, ἀναγνῶναι, ἐκφέρειν, Pron. 78.16, M. 1.59. III. δ. παράγωγος, (Perh. for δṇ-σύς, cf. Lat. densus.)
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