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δα^σύς , εῖα, ύ, Ion. fem.
A.δασέαHdt.3.32; opp. ψιλός in all senses:
I. with a shaggy surface,
1. hairy, shaggy,δέρμα . . μέγα καὶ δ.Od.14.51; δ. γενέσθαι, of the bald, recover their hair, Hp. Aph.6.34; of young hares, downy, Hdt.3.108; γέρρα δ. βοῶν, βοῶν δασειῶν ὠμοβόεινα shields of skin with the hair on, X.An.5.4.12, 4.7.22; “ὀσφὺν δασέανSIG1037.6 (Milet., iv/iii B. C.); of birds, Thphr. Fr.180; “τὰ σώματα δασεῖςArr.Ind.24: Sup., Arist.Phgn.812b17. Adv. δασέως, ἔχειν περὶ τὴν κοιλίαν ib.15.
2. thick with leaves, Od.14.49; θρίδαξ δασέα, opp. παρατετιλμένη, Hdt.3.32; of places, thickly wooded, bushy, abs., Id.4.191, cf. Hp.Aë. 1; διὰ . . τῶν δασέων through the thickets, Ar.Nu.325: c. dat. modi, “δ. ὕλῃ παντοίῃHdt.4.21; ἴδησι παντοίῃσι ib.109; “ἐλαίαιςLys.7.7: rarely c.gen., “δ. παντοίων δένδρωνX.An.2.4.14; τὸ δ. bushy country, ib.4.7.7; “δ. γῆSchwyzer 734 (Zelea).
3. generally, rough, thick,μαλακαὶ καὶ δ. νεφέλαιD.S. 3.45.
4.δ. οὖραcloudy, Hp.Epid.7.112.
II. hoarse,ἀναπνοήGal.18(1).574.
2. aspirated, Arist.Aud. 804b8, Ph.1.29, D.T.631.22, etc.; δασεῖα (Sc. προσῳδία) Seleuc. ap. Ath.9.398a, A.D.Synt.319.20; “δ. τὸ θ καὶ τὸ φ καὶ τὸ χD.H.Comp.14. Adv. -έως, ἀναγνῶναι, ἐκφέρειν, A.D.Pron.78.16,S.E.M.1.59.
III. δ. παράγωγος, Hsch. (Perh. for δ[ngnull]-δύς, cf. Lat. densus.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.108
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.32
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.191
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.21
    • Homer, Odyssey, 14.51
    • Lysias, On the Olive Stump, 7
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.7.22
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 2.4.14
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.7.7
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.4.12
    • Homer, Odyssey, 14.49
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 325
    • Hippocrates, Aphorismi, 6.34
    • Arrian, Indica, 24
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 3.45
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 14
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