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ψῑλό-της

psilotes · ἡ

bareness, baldness, smoothness

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ψῑλό-της · psilo-tēs

bareness

bareness, τῆς γῆς Hp. Aër. 19, cf. Plu. Fab. 11.

2 baldness

baldness, Id. Galb. 27: pl., Artem. 1.21.

3 smoothness

smoothness, of a womanʼs body, Plu. QConv. 2.651a; opp. τραχύτης, Sollert. ib. 979a; opp. δασύτης, Arist. HA 499a11.

II tenuity

tenuity (cf. ψιλός VI. 2), opp. δασύτης, Id. Po. 1456b32, D.H. Comp. 14.

2 the spiritus lenis

the spiritus lenis, Plb. 10.47.10 (pl.).

2. ψῑλ-ωτής · psil-ōtēs

one who writes, pronounces with the spiritus lenis

one who writes or pronounces with the spiritus lenis, or litterae tenues, Tz. H. 11.52.

In the wild

ψιλότητι · psilotēti Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20

Where it came from

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