hollow, sunken, of an animalʼs flanks, X. Cyn. 4.1; of the right ventricle, -ωτέρη Hp. Cord. 4; λαγαρᾷ . . τῇ γαστρί Philostr. Im. 2.21; τὰς λ. (sc. γαστέρας) Ar. Ec. 1167; λ. κύκλοι sunken, flattish, of the tortoise, Philostr. Im. 1.10; λ. ποπάνευμα (cf. λαγαρίζομαι I) AP 6.231 (Phil.): Comp., Hp. l.c.: Sup., κατὰ τὸ -ώτατον in the least defensible part, Plu. Cam. 25.
slack, loose, αὐχὴν λ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν συγκαμπήν X. Eq. 1.8; of camels, D.S. 2.54. Adv. -ρῶς, ἱππασθείς Philostr. Im. 2.2.
metaph., τὴν πόλιν ἀντὶ λαγαρᾶς καὶ ὑποσόμφου μεστὴν ἐποίησεν ἀγλαΐας Them. Or. 18.222d. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, opp. σφοδρότερον, πλῆξαι τὴν χορδήν Theo Sm. p.72 H.
thin, narrow, δρυμῶνες (cj.) X. Cyn. 6.5; of columns, lanky, D.H. 16.3, Plu. Publ. 15; of men, emaciated, Thphr. HP 9.10.3.
in Metric, στίχος λ., opp. προκοίλιος, a ‘thin-waisted’ verse, with a short syllable for a long one in the interior, like Il. 23.493, cf. Ar. Ec. 1167, Plu. Pyth. 2.397d, Ath. 14.632e, Sch.Heph. p.289 C.
in Arist. HA 622b23 (Comp., s.v.l.), where it is an epith. of spiders, some expl. it to mean lank, meagre, some agile, nimble.
of plasters, porous, absorbent, Orib. Fr. 74. (Cf. λαγαίω, Lat. laxus, ONorse slak-r, Engl. slack: perh. akin to λήγω.)