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ἰσχνός

ischnos

dry, arid, languishing, lean

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1. ἰσχνός · ischnos — Beekes

ἰσχνός [adj.} ‘dry, arid, languishing, lean’ (1A). «Ὁ» “COMP E.g. ἰσχνότφωνος ‘with dry (weak) voice’ (Hdt. Hp. Arist.), often connected with ἴσχω (vl ἰσχότφωνος; cf. below on ἰσχναίνω) and understood as ‘having an impediment in one’s speech’; ἔν-ισχνος ‘a little dry’ (Nic. Al. 147; cf. Stromberg 1946: 128). DER ἰσχνότης ‘dryness, etc. (Hp., Arist.); denominative verbs: 1. ἰσχναίνω (also with prefixes like κατ-, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰσχνός, p. 650]

2. ἰσχνός · ischnos — Chantraine

ἰσχνός, ἰσχάς, ἰσχαλέος : 84]. ἰσχνός, -ἢ, -6v «860, desséché, maigre, faible », dit au figuré d’un style simple (ion.-att., hellén., etc.) Rarement et tardivement au second terme de composé ἐν-, xat-, ὑπ, ὑπερ-. Au premier terme p. ex. ἰσχνο-σκελῆς ; le composé le plus remarquable est ἰσχνό-φωνος (Hdt., Hp., Arist., etc.), parfois au sens attendu « ἃ la voix faible », mais le plus souvent « qui est gêné pour parler … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἰσχνός, p. 486]

3. Ἰσχνός · Ischnos — Chantraine

Ἰσχνός subsiste en grec moderne. Et.: Le rapport morphologique entre ioy-v-66 et ioyαλ-έος est d'un type connu, cf. ouepôvéc, σμερδαλέος et Benveniste, Origines 45 sq. On attendrait un verbe ἘΪϊσχαίνω, cf. ἀζαλέος, ἀζαίνω, etc., mais il n’est pas clairement attesté. Enfin, ἰσχάς peut reposer sur un thème en nasale. Étymologie douteuse, le rapprochement le plus plausible étant celui d'av. hi$ku- « sec », en celt., m. … — [Chantraine, s.v. Ἰσχνός, p. 486]

4. ἰσχνός · ischnos — Frisk

ἰσχνός "trocken, dürr, schmächtig, ınager’ (ion. att.). Kompp., z.B. ioyvd-pwvog "mit trockener (dünner) Stimme’ (Hdt., Hp., Arist. u.a.), oft mit ἴσχω verknüpft (v.1. ἰσχό-τφωνος ; vgl. unten zu ioyvalvo) und als “mit stockender Stimme’ verstanden; &v-ıoyvos “etwas trocken’ (Nik. Al. 147 u.a.; vgl. Strömberg Prefix Studies 128). — Davon ἰσχνότης "Trockenheit usw.’ (Hp., Arist. usw.); denominative Verba: 1. … — [Frisk, s.v. ἰσχνός, p. 773]

5. ἰσχνός · ischnos — LSJ

dry, withered

dry, withered, φυλλεῖα Ar. Ach. 469; ἰ. τυρός, opp. χλωρός, Poll. 6.48, POxy. 1338 (v A.D.).

2 thin, lean, spare, thin, small

of persons, thin, lean, Hp. Aph. 2.44, Theoc. 10.27, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar. Pl. 561; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι Pl. Lg. 665e; ἰ. ἕξεις a spare habit of body, Plu. Lyc. 17; of roots, -ότεραι Dsc. 1.9,10; of the voice, ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι to speak thin or small, Luc. Nigr. 11.

3 weak, feeble

weak, feeble, σφυγμός Gal. 8.506.

4 reduced, without external swelling

reduced, of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο Hp. Fract. 21, cf. Epid. 4.26. Adv. -νῶς, ἑστηκώς without external swelling, Id. Coac. 481.

5 light, thin, spare, plain, unadorned, plainly

light, thin, of clothing materials, POxy. 1535 B 9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, spare, plain, unadorned, ἰ. χαρακτήρ D.H. Pomp. 2, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 190, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu. Aud. 2.42d. Adv. -νῶς, εἰπεῖν to speak plainly, Plb. 1.2.6; -νῶς ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in Lycurg. 80. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. vescus: a connexion with ἴσχω was imagined by the Greeks; cf. ἰσχνόφωνος II.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἰσχνός (scan p. 650; entry #2770). Root candidates: *sek-, *si-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰσχνός (scan p. 486; entry #3441).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰσχνός (scan pp. 773-774; entry #2650).

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