ἰσχνός

A cognate u-stem has been assumed in Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬐𐬎 (hišku, “dry”), in Welsh hysb (“dry”) and Middle Irish sesc (“dry”). These are derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (“to wither”), found also in Latin siccus (“dry”). For this adjective, an ad hoc base form *si-sk-sno- has been assumed. From the same root are ἰσχαλέος (iskhaléos, “dry, barren”) and ἰσχάς (iskhás, “dried fig”).

ἰσχνός • (iskhnós) m (feminine ἰσχνή, neuter ἰσχνόν); first/second declension

1. dry, withered, shriveled

   Synonym: ῥῡσός (rhūsós)

2. thin, lean, meager

   Synonym: σπῐνός (spĭnós)

3. weak, feeble
4. (of a swelling) reduced
5. (of clothing materials) light, thin
6. (of style) spare, plain, unadorned

• Latin: Ischnura

• “ἰσχνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰσχνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰσχνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN