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βᾰρύτης

barutes · ἡ

weight, heaviness

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Where it lives

  • Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
  • Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
  • Metaphysics 2 · 0.25/10k
  • Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
  • Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
  • History 1 · 0.07/10k
  • Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

weight, heaviness, heaviness

weight, heaviness, νεῶν Th. 7.62, cf. Plb. 1.51.9; opp. κουφότης, Thphr. HP 5.3.1; heaviness of limb, β. ναρκώδης Plu. Sollert. 2.978c; of digestion, ἀπεψία καὶ β. ib. Sanit. 128b.

II troublesomeness, importunity, disagreeableness

of men, troublesomeness, importunity, ἀηδίαι καὶ βαρύτητες Isoc. 12.31; disagreeableness, D. 18.35, Plu. Cor. 30, al.; β. φρονήματος Id. Cat.Mi. 57.

2 arrogance, gravity

arrogance, Arist. Rh. 1391a28; gravity, τοῦ ἤθους Plu. Fab. 1 codd.

III depth, low pitch, the grave accent, absence of accent

of sound, depth, low pitch, opp. ὀξύτης, Pl. Prt. 316a, Arist. GA 778a19, de An. 422b30, Aristox. Harm. p.3M., D.H. Comp. 11, etc.; the grave accent, opp. ὀξύτης, Arist. Po. 1456b33; absence of accent, A.D. Pron. 38.15, al.

IV adoption of an injured tone

Rhet., adoption of an injured tone, Aps. p.331 H.

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Where it came from

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