bare,
I.of land, ψιλὴ ἄροσις a bare corn-field, Il.; πεδίον μέγα τε καὶ ψιλόν Hdt.: c. gen., γῆ ψιλὴ δενδρέων land bare of trees, id=Hdt.:— ψιλὴ γεωργία the tillage of land for corn, opp. to γ. πεφυτευμένη (for vines and olives), Arist.
II.of animals, stript of hair or feathers, bare, smooth, δέρμα Od.; ἶβις ψιλὴ κεφαλήν bald on the head, Hdt.
2.generally, bare, uncovered, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν Soph.:—c. gen. bare of, separated from, ψιλὴ σώματος οὖσα [ἡ ψυχή] Plat. b. bare, stript of appendages, ψιλὴ τρόπις the bare keel with the planks torn from it, Od.; ψ. θρίδαξ a lettuce with the side-leaves pulled off, Hdt.; ψ. μάχαιραι swords without other arms, Xen.
III.οἱ ψιλοί (sc. τῶν ὅπλων) soldiers without heavy armour, light troops, such as archers and slingers, opp. to ὁπλῖται, Hdt., Thuc., etc.; τὸ ψιλόν, opp. to τὸ ὁπλιτικόν, Xen.; ψ. ἔχων τὴν κεφαλήν bare-headed, without helmet, id=Xen.
IV.ψιλὸς λόγος bare language, i. e. prose, as opp. to poetry which is clothed in metre, Plat.; also, ψ. λόγος is a mere speech, a speech unsupported by evidence, Dem.
2.ψιλὴ ποίησις mere poetry, without music, i. e. epic poetry, as opp. to lyric, Plat.:—but, ψιλὴ μουσική instrumental music unaccompanied by the voice, Arist.
V.adv. ψιλῶς, merely, only, Plut.
