A.sticky, Hp.VC14; “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. Pax482.
2. penurious, niggardly, Arist.EN1121b22; “γλίσχρον βλέπειν” Euphro10.16. 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.PA660b14.