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λεῖος

leios

level, smooth

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 7 · 10.07/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
Timaeus 7 · 2.96/10k
Cratylus 4 · 2.24/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Sophist 2 · 1.25/10k
Statesman 2 · 1.18/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. λεῖος · leios — Beekes

λεῖος [adj.] ‘level, smooth’, of the soil, of surfaces, etc. (11), also ‘rubbed, well-ground’ (Delos, pap., Dsc.), cf. λε(ιλαίνω, -όω below. «1k? *lei- ‘smooth’?> VAR λείως [adv.] (also λέως after τελέως, ἡδέως, etc., cf. also λε(ι)αίνω below) ‘smoothly’, also metaph. ‘completely, totally’ (IA), cf. Lat. plané, MoHG glatt. *COMP Frequent as a first member, like in λειότφλοιος ‘with smooth bark’ (Thphr.), also with … — [Beekes, s.v. λεῖος, p. 891]

2. λεῖος · leios — Chantraine

λεῖος : «plat, lisse, uni», dit d'un sol uni, d'un tronc d'arbre uni, de la peau, etc. (Hom., ion.-att., ete.), d’où parfois « écrasé, réduit en poudre» (Délos, pap., Dsc.), enfin au figuré « uni, simple, doux », employé notamment comme qualificatif du style, Adv. rare λείως et λέως (d'après τελέως, ete.) : il peut signifier «de façon lisse, sans heurt» (Sol. 23,15 D., PL ΤῊ l44b), mais aussi «complètement », … — [Chantraine, s.v. λεῖος, p. 645]

3. λεῖος · leios — Frisk

λεῖος ‘eben’, vom Boden u. a., ‘glatt’, von Flächen usw. (seit 11), auch “feingesiebt, zerrieben’ (Delos, Pap., Dsk.; vgl. λε(ι)αίνω, -dw unten); Adv. λείως, auch λέως (nach τελέως, ἡδέως ἃ. ἃ., vgl. auch λε(ι) αίνω unten) ‘glatt’, auch übertr. ‘vollständig, ganz und gar’ (ion. att.; vgl. lat. pläne, nhd. glatt). Oft als Vorderglied, z. B. λειό-φλοιος “mit glatter Rinde’ (Thphr.), auch mit adverbieller Geltung (mit … — [Frisk, s.v. λεῖος, p. 1071]

4. λεῖος · leios — LSJ

smooth, smooth, plain, not embroidered, smooth, unsculptured, unembossed

smooth to the touch, [αἴγειρος] Il. 4.484; λ. ὥσπερ ἔγχελυς Ar. Fr. 218, cf. Eup. 338; χῆμαι, χηραμβίς, PCair.Zen. 82.12 (iii B.C.), Hsch. s.v. χήμη; τὰ τραχέα καὶ τὰ λ. X. Mem. 3.10.1; freq. in Pl., Cra. 414b, al., Arist. Cat. 10a17, etc.; also, of cloths, smooth, plain, not embroidered, ὑφαντά τε καὶ λ. Th. 2.97; λ. ὕφασμα Pl. Plt. 310e; λεῖα ἐκπεποιημένα worked smooth, of marble, IG 1(2).372.134; also λεία ἐργασία ib. 372.165; unsculptured, Ἀθήνης ἕδος Call. Fr. 105.4; of plate, unembossed, φ

2 level, smooth place, smooth, flat

in Hom., chiefly of level places or countries, λεῖος δʼ ἱππόδρομος ἀμφίς Il. 23.330; ἐν λείῳ πεδίῳ ib. 359; λ. ὁδός Od. 10.103, Hes. Op. 288 (ap. X., Pl., etc., ὀλίγη codd.); λ. ἄροσις Od. 9.134; λεῖα δʼ ἐποίησεν made a smooth place, Il. 12.30; πεδίον λ. Hdt. 2.29; χωρίον λειότατον Id. 7.9.βʹ; ἡ -οτάτη τῶν ὁδῶν Id. 9.69; λ. θάλασσα a smooth sea, Id. 2.117; λ. χώρα καὶ ἄξυλος X. Ath. 2.12; λ. βάσεις flat feet, Gal. 6.856.

b smooth, free) from

c. gen., χῶρος . . λεῖος πετράων smooth (i.e. free) from rocks, Od. 5.443, 7.282.

3 smooth-skinned, without hair, smooth-chinned, beardless, smooth, smooth, Mustelus laevis, smooth, uniform

smooth-skinned, without hair, of animals, Arist. HA 582b35, LXX Ge. 27.11; -ότατον τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν ἄνθρωπος Arist. HA 583a6; esp. of youths, smooth-chinned, beardless (cf. λείαξ), Theoc. 5.90, cf. AP 12.13 (Strat.); also, of fish, smooth, ἱππίδια Epich. 44; opp. λεπιδωτοί, Arist. HA 505a26; [γαλεός] the smooth shark, Mustelus laevis, ib. 565b2, Opp. H. 1.380; τὸ λ. Hp. Epid. 3.14, 6.3.16; λείη ὑπόστασις a smooth or uniform sediment, Id. Coac. 462; [γάλα] λ. καὶ ὁμαλὸν καὶ συνεχὲς ἑαυτῷ Sor. 1.91.

4 smooth, soft, smoothly, gently

metaph., smooth, soft, πνεῦμα Ar. Ra. 1003; of the sound of the voice, Pl. Plt. 307a, Ti. 67b, Phlb. 51d; διάλεκτος Phld. Po.Herc. 994.36; of the taste, Ti.Locr. 100e sq.; also λ. μῦθοι A. Pr. 647; [τὸ] ἥμερόν τε καὶ λ. [τοῦ ἤθους] Pl. Cra. 406a; λ. πάθημα, opp. τραχύ, Id. Ti. 63e; λ. κινήματα τῆς σαρκός Epicur. Fr. 411; λ. κίνησις, Cyrenaic phrase for ἡδονή, D.L. 2.86, cf. Luc. Par. 10, Alex.Aphr. in Top. 94.32; λ. ἡσυχίη AP 7.278 (Arch. Byz.); ὡς -οτέρου ἐλέους ὑπάρξοντος (sed leg. τελειοτέρου

II rubbed, ground down, fine sand

rubbed or ground down, Dsc. 1.3, al., PHolm. 19.39; cf. λειόω II: λεῖον, τό, fine sand, Inscr.Délos 500 A 9 (iii B.C.). (Prob. λειϝος, cf. Lat. lēvis.)

In the wild

λείοισι · leioisi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 645–648
λείως · leiōs Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..12 (DIORISIS sentence 139)
λεῖος · leios Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 37)
λεῖα · leia Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 23)
λείου · leiou Aristotle, Metaphysics book 13 (DIORISIS sentence 3916)
λείῳ · leiōi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 7 (DIORISIS sentence 1660)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λεῖος (scan p. 891; entry #3704). Root candidates: *lei-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λεῖος (scan p. 645; entry #4746).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λεῖος (scan p. 1071; entry #3526).

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