ἁπᾰλός, ή, όν,
soft to the touch, tender: in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of the human body, ἁπαλὴν ὑπὸ δειρήν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. τέ σφ᾽ ἦτορ ἀπηύρα, i. e. the life of
young animals,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons,
delicate, παῖδες[
Refs 7th c.BC+]; of flowers, ἄνθρυσκα [
Refs]; rare in Trag, and only in Lyric poetry, παρειά[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Prose, ἁ. ψυχή[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
raw fruit, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
tender meat, [
Refs];
soft-boiled, of eggs, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; of a
gentle fire, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
soft, gentle, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι laugh
gently, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. δίαιτα
soft, delicate, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ. εἴσπλους λιμένος, opposed to τραχύς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb ἁπαλῶς, ὀπτᾶν to roast
moderately, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
comparative ἁπαλωτέρως, ἅπτεσθαι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) in bad sense,
soft, weak, ὡς ἁ. καὶ λευκὸς [οἶνος] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. [ᾰπᾰλο; for καλάμῳ. ὑπᾱπάλῳ, in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]