γλαφυρός
glaphyros
hollow, hollowed
Appears 84 times across Homer's epics.
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γλαφυρός, ά, όν, (γλάφω) A. hollow, hollowed, νῆες Il. 2.454, al.; γ. πέτρη, σπέος 2.88, 18.402; ἄντρον 1.10 (Sup.); τὰ γ. τῆς γῆς 2.15; γ. φόρμιγξ Od. 17.262; γ. ἅρματα N. 9.12; γ. λιμήν a deep harbour or cove, Od. 12.305.—In this sense Ep. and Lyr. (not in Trag.); twice in Com., 63.11 (mock-Epic); [ποτήρια] ταπεινὰ καὶ γ. Epigen.4.3; later πόδες arched, HA 538b11 (Comp.). II. polished: hence, 1. hairless, smooth, of spiders, HA 555b11. 2. neat, delicate, ῥύγχος PA 662b8; κηρίον HA 554b28 (Comp.); of dishes, dainty, δειπνάριον 64.1; ἐμβαμμάτια 1.35. III. metaph., subtle, exact, of persons and things, ὦ σοφώτατʼ, ὦ γλαφυρώτατε Av. 1272; γ. ἀστεῖός θʼ ἅμα Macho ap. 13.579b; γλαφυρώτερος τῶν νῦν νομοθετῶν Pol. 1274b8; γλαφυρωτέραν ἔχειν τὴν διάνοιαν PA 650b19; εἴ τι κομψὸν ἢ σοφὸν ἢ γ. οἶσθα 3.1, cf. 4.8.6; τὸ γ. subtlety, ποικίλλοντες τῷ γ. γεωμετρίαν Marc. 14, cf. in Nic.p.20 P.; γ. τέχναι, θεωρία, 1.270,566: Sup., 2.262. Adv., Comp. -οτέρως more subtly, de An. 405a8. 2. skilful, neat, χείρ Ep. 8.5; [ἀράχνιον] σοφώτατον καὶ -ώτατον HA 623a8. Adv. -ρῶς, ἧττον γ. ἔχειν with less finish, Pol. 1271b21, cf. 110.20. 3. refined, γλαφυρόν τι καὶ προσαγωγὸν ἐμειδίασεν DDeor. 20.11; γ. διατριβαί Cim. 13. Adv. -ρῶς, γ. καὶ περιττῶς διάγειν 2.989c; γ. βιώσας CIG 2004 (). 4. of literary style, polished, elegant, γ. ἁρμονία Dem. 36; ῥυθμός Comp. 13; σύνθεσις, opp. αὐστηρά, ib.21. Adv. -ρῶς, λέγειν Isoc. 2; of music, ἐμελῴδει πάνυ γλαφυρὸν καὶ ἐναρμόνιον DDeor. 7.4.
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