ἰσχνός

A. dry, withered, φυλλεῖα Ar. Ach. 469; ἰ. τυρός, opp. χλωρός, Poll. 6.48, POxy. 1338 (v A.D.).

2. of persons, thin, lean, Hp. Aph. 2.44, Theoc. 10.27, etc.; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ σφηκώδεις Ar. Pl. 561; ἰσχνοὶ καὶ ἄσιτοι Pl. Lg. 665e; ἰ. ἕξεις a spare habit of body, Plu. Lyc. 17; of roots, ‐ότεραι Dsc. 1.9,10; of the voice, ἰσχνὸν φθέγγεσθαι to speak thin or small, Luc. Nigr. 11.

3. weak, feeble, σφυγμός Gal. 8.506.

4. reduced, of a swelling, οὕτω ἂν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο Hp. Fract. 21, cf. Epid. 4.26. Adv. ‐νῶς, ἑστηκώς without external swelling, Id. Coac. 481.

5. light, thin, of clothing materials, POxy. 1535 B 9 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., of style, spare, plain, unadorned, ἰ. χαρακτήρ D.H. Pomp. 2, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 190, Quint. 12.10.58, Plu. 2.42d. Adv. ‐νῶς, εἰπεῖν to speak plainly, Plb. 1.2.6; ‐νῶς ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀρετήν dub.l. in Lycurg. 80. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. vescus: a connexion with ἴσχω was imagined by the Greeks; cf. ἰσχνόφωνος 11.)