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χαυνότης , ητος, ,
A.porousness, sponginess, τῆς γῆς interpol. in X.Oec.19.11; “τάφρουPlu.Pyrrh.28; of snow, Id.2.649c; of foam, ib.99b.
2. looseness of a bandage, Gal(?). ap.Orib.46.1.15.
II. metaph., empty conceit, vanity,ἀνοήτου ψυχῆςPl.Tht.175b; opp. μεγαλοψυχία, Arist.EN1107b23.
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    • Plato, Theaetetus, 175b
    • Xenophon, Economics, 19.11
    • Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 28
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