γλίσχρος

A. sticky, Hp. VC 14; γῆ Thphr. 6.5.4; joined with λιπαρός, Pl. Ti. 82d, 84a; γ. τὸ σίαλον Pherecr. 69.3; of oil, Arist. Mete. 383b34; opp. ψαθυρός (q. v.), ib.385a17; tough, ξύλον Thphr. 3.17.5.

II. metaph.,

1. sticking close, importunate, γ. προσαιτῶν λιπαρῶν τε Ar. Ach. 452: metaph., clinging, γ. ἡ ὁλκὴ τῆς ὁμοιότητος Pl. Cra. 435c. Adv. ‐ρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν Id. Cri. 53e; εἰκάζειν make a close comparison, Id. R. 488a, cf Cra. 414c: Sup. ‐ότατα, σαρκάζοντες Ar. Pax 482.

2. penurious, niggardly, Arist. EN 1121b22; γλίσχρον βλέπειν Euphro 10.16. Adv. ‐ρως καὶ κατὰ σμικρὸν φειδόμενος Pl. R. 553c, cf. X. Cyr. 8.3.37; φαύλως καὶ γ. παρείχοντο χρήματα Hell.Oxy. 14.2; γ. ζῆν, opp. τρυφᾶν, Arist. Pol. 1266b26; γ. λαμβάνειν, opp. ἀφθόνως διδόναι, ib.1314b3: hence, with difficulty, hardly, γ. καὶ μόλις λαμβάνειν D. 37.38, cf. App. Mith. 72; ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐδέν . . , ἢ γ. Arist. Pol. 1275a38; also τρόπον τινὰ γλίσχρον but scantily, Id. PA 660b14.

3. of things, mean, shabby, of buildings, D. 23.208; γ. δεῖπνον Plu. Lyc. 17; of land, poor, Id. Flam. 4; γ. τέχναι Luc. Fug. 13; Χρύσιππος πολλαχοῦ γ. ἐστίν Plu. 2.31e.

4. Adv. ‐ρως, of painting, carefully, with elaborate detail, Philostr. Im. 2.12 and 28. (Cf. γλοιός.)