A.weighty, of ropes, Hdt.7.36; “ἐ. καὶ βαρύ” Pl. Phd.81c; “-εστ έραν ποιεῖ τὴν πληγήν” Arist.PA690a19.
2. metaph., weighty, grave, dignified, “ἦθος” Pl.Ep.328b; “φρόνημα δημαγωγίας -έστερον” Plu.Per.4; “φύσις” Id.Brut.1; τὸ ἐ. dignity, D.H.Amm.2.2; “ἐ. καὶ στερρὸς τὰ ἤθεα” Hp.Ep.11; σενὸς καὶ ἐ. Jul.Or.2.88a; οἱ -έστεροι the more sedate, opp. οἱ ὀξεῖς, Pl.Tht.144b.
3. weighty, cogent, “τεκμήριον” Phld.Rh.1.46 S.; διάνοια ib.2.209 S. (Comp.). Adv. -θῶς, opp. εὐτελῶς καὶ ἐλαφρῶς, Id.Po.5.4.
4. in bad sense, heavy, grievous, Parm.8.59; “κακόν” A.Pers.693; “τῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν -έστερον” S.Fr.757; difficult, Pl.Cra.407a (Comp.); burdensome, “φυλακή” SIG731.8 (Comp., Tomi, i B. C.); of persons, vehement, Hdn.3.11.1.
II. Adv. -θῶς with severity, D.C.69.6; violently, Hdn.4.3.3: Comp. -έστερον φέρειν to bear with greater constancy, Pl.Phdr.252c.