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.EN1101b2, Hymn.Is. 122. Adv. “-ρῶς” AP6.267 (Diotim.): Comp. “-ότερον, τροχάει” Arat. 227.
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