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λεπταλέος

leptaleos

fine, delicate

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λεπτ-ᾰλέος · lept-aleos — LSJ

fine, delicate, feeble

fine, delicate, φωνή Il. 18.571; ὑπήεισαν . . λεπταλέον σύριγγες Call. Dian. 243; also λ. φᾶρος, ἑανόν, A.R. 2.31, 4.169; πόδες (of Hephaestus) Nonn. D. 9.230; ἠήρ, λύγοι, etc., AP 10.75 (Pall.), 7.204 (Agath.), etc.: metaph., μοῦσα Call. Aet. Oxy. 2079.24 [Fr. 1.24 Pf.]; feeble, λεπταλέοι θυμοῖσι Man. 1.165.

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