ἀραιός

A. thin, slender, κνῆμαι, χείρ, γλῶσσαι, Il.l.c., 5.425, 16.161; γαστήρ Nic. Th. 133; narrow, εἴσοδος Od. 10.90; of ships, Hes. Op. 809; φάλαγγες ἀ., opp. βαθύτεραι, X. Lac. 11.6, cf. Plu. Crass. 23; ἀραιᾷ τροφῇ χρῆσθαι meagre, of diet, Arist. Pol. 1335b13.

II. later, of the substance of bodies, of loose texture, opp. πυκνός, Anaximen.I, Meliss. 7, Anaxag. 12,15, cf. Emp. 104 (Sup.), Thphr. CP 2.4.7, etc.; opp. πίων, Arist. Pr. 880a38; freq. in Hp., as VM 22; δέρμα Aph. 5.71; ὀστέον Art. 33; εἴρια Mul. 1.1; ὁμίχλη . . νέφους ἀραιοτέρα Arist. Mu. 394a21, cf. Mete. 364b25(Comp.); σπόγγοι D.S. 3.14.

b. φλύκταιναι ἀ. empty blisters, Nic. Th. 240 (v. Sch.ad loc.), cf. Theoc. 12.24.

2. in Tactics,in open order, opp.πυκνός, τὸ ἀραιότατον [διάστημα] Ascl. Tact. 4.1, etc.

III. intermittent, πνεῦμα Hp. Epid. 1.26.ά , β/; ἆσθμα, βήξ, Aret. SD 1.11, etc. Adv. ‐ῶς Hp. Nat.Puer. 24; of the pulse, Gal. 9.444,al.

IV. scanty, few and far between, τρίχες Arist. Col. 797b27; ἀκτῖνες ib.791a27; φωναί Id. Aud. 803b28; ὀδόντες Poll. 2.94, etc.

V. ἀραιά (sc. γαστήρ), ἡ, flank, belly, Ruf. Onom. 171.

VI. of the voice, thin, Theoc. 13.59. (Homeric metre proves vαραιός.)