lean (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. măcer, cra, crum (with little flesh on the bones)2. strĭgōsus (less strong than preced., and denoting oft. a temporary state in poor condition, that has lost flesh)3. exīlis, e (thin, spare) • lean (adj.): 1. măcer, cra, crum (with little flesh on the bones): l. cows, m. boves, Varr. R. R. 2, 5 Hor. Also of meagre soil, Varr.: Hor. 2. strĭgōsus (less strong than preced., and denoting oft. a temporary state in poor condition, that has lost flesh): horses in rather a l. condition, equi strigosiores, Liv. 27, 47, ad init.: (a kid) excessively l., strigosissimi corporis, Col. 7, 6, extr.: Cic. (fig.). Join strigosus et male habitus [equus], Sabinus in Gell. 4, 20. 3. exīlis, e (thin, spare): v. thin. (Gracilis = slim, slender, short of leanness cf. poet. in Forcell., quaerebam gracilem, sed quae non macra fuisset.) Phr.: to grow l., macescere, macrescere, Varr.: Col.: frightfully l., vegrandi macie torridus, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93.