ἀφαυρός

A. feeble, powerless, ἠΰτε παιδὸς ἀφαυροῦ Il. 7.235, cf. Nic. Th. 198; dim, Arat. 256; almost always Comp. and Sup., σέο πολλὸν ἀφαυρότερος Il. 7.457; ἵνα μή οἱ ἀφαυρότερον βέλος εἴη 12.458; οὔ μιν ἀφαυρότατος βάλ’ Ἀχαιῶν 15.11, cf. Od. 20.110, Hes. Op. 586, Pi. P. 4.272 (Comp.), Theoc. 21.49 (Comp.); ἀνδρὸς γηρέντος πολλὸν ‐ότερος Xenoph. 9, etc.; ῥείθρων ἀφαυροτέρην, of a bridge, too weak to resist the stream, Epigr.Gr. 1078.6 (Adana): so in Prose, σιτία ‐ότερα less nutritious, Hp. Mul. 1.67; [κενεὼν] ‐ότατόν ἐστι X. Eq. 12.8; Posit., Democr. 285, Ti.Locr. 102c, Arist. EN 1101b2, Hymn.Is. 122. Adv. ‐ρῶς AP 6.267 (Diotim.): Comp. ‐ότερον, τροχάει Arat. 227.