The corpus record

ἀβαρής

abares

without weight

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Where it lives

2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

without weight, light, light

without weight, Arist. Cael. 277b19; ἀβαρῆ εἶναι ἀέρα καὶ πῦρ Zeno Stoic. 1.27, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.143, Plot. 6.9.9, etc.; light, γῆ AP 7.461 (Mel.): metaph., ἀ. χρῆμα a light matter, Com.Adesp. 158; παρρησία . . μαλακὴ καὶ ἀ. Plu. Adul. 2.59c; of the pulse, Archig. ap. Gal. 8.651.

II not offensive, not burdensome, without giving offence, without taking offence

not offensive, ὀσμαί Aret. CA 2.3; of persons, not burdensome, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν, παρέχειν, 2 Ep.Cor. 11.9, CIG 5361.15 (Berenice). Adv. -ρῶς without giving offence, Simp. in Epict. p.85D.; without taking offence, ib. p.88D.

In the wild

ἀβαρεῖ · abarei Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 736)
ἀβαρῆ · abarē New Testament, 2 Corinthians 11.9 (DIORISIS sentence 187)
ἀβαρῆ · abarē Plotinus, Enneads 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 6502)

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