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λεπτός

leptos

peeled, husked

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1. λεπτός · leptos — LSJ

peeled, husked, threshed out

peeled, husked, ῥίμφα τε λέπτʼ ἐγένοντο, of barley being threshed out, Il. 20.497.

2 fine, small, light

fine, small, κονίη 23.506; κόνις S. Ant. 256; τέφρα Ar. Nu. 177; λεπτοῖς ἁλσί Alex. 187.5: freq. in Hp., διατρήσεις λ. Loc.Hom. 10, al.; of soil, light, Thphr. HP 1.8.1.

3 thin, fine, delicate, thin and weak

thin, fine, delicate, freq. in Hom., mostly of garments and the like, ὀθόναι Il. 18.595; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, Od. 7.97, 10.544; ἀράχνια 8.280; μήρινθος Il. 23.854; -ότατος χαλκός 20.275; ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος BCH 35.286 (Delos, ii B.C.); ῥινὸς βοός Il. 20.276 (Sup.); δέρμα Arist. HA 517b27 (Sup.); τρίχες Id. GA 783a4 (Comp.); σάρξ E. Med. 1189; χαλκὸς καὶ δόνακες Pi. P. 12.25, cf. E. Med. 949, Th. 2.49, etc.; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, Id. 7.36.

4 thin, lean, slender, taper

of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, Alc. 39; opp. παχύς, Hp. Art. 8 (Comp.); ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής Ar. Ec. 539; σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων Antiph. 122.4; λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν Thphr. Char. 26.5, cf. Ceb. 10; λ. χείρ Hes. Op. 497; στῆθος Ar. Nu. 1018 (anap.); τράχηλος X. Cyn. 5.30; λεπτὸς <ἐκ> τοῖν σκελοῖν Luc. Nav. 2; λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν Pl. Amat. 134b; of animals, X. Cyr. 1.4.11; also, slender, taper (opp. παχύς), δάκτυλος Pl. R. 523d; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, Luc. I

5 strait, narrow, a thin line

of space, strait, narrow, εἰσίθμη Od. 6.264; ἀταρπός Alcm. 81; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, X. Cyr. 5.4.46, cf. Plb. 3.115.6; οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν . . ὁδόν Plu. Sollert. 2.964c (ap. Porph. Abst. 1.6).

6 small, weak, impotent, faint, tiny, small, sheep and goats, small, small, poorly, meanly

generally, small, weak, impotent, λεπτὴ μῆτις Il. 10.226, 23.590; ἐλπίς Ar. Eq. 1244, cf. ὀχέω II.3; ἀσφάλεια D. Ep. 2.20; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, X. Cyn. 5.5; λ. οὖας, of a childʼs ear, tiny, Simon. 37.14; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, Hdt. 8.137; λ. πλοῖα small craft, Id. 7.36; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, Id. 8.107; λ. κλιμάκια Ar. Pax 69; τὸ -ότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος Plu. Cic. 29; λ. χαλκός OGI 485.12 (Magn. Mae.): without χαλκός, Inscr.Perg. 374 D 7; ἀργύριον Ῥόδιον

7 light, slight, light, slight

light, slight, λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος . . ῥιπαῖσι A. Ag. 892; λ. πνοαί light breezes, E. IA 813; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, S. Fr. 555.

8 small

of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, Ar. Lys. 1206; λ. κύλικες Pherecr. 143.5 (but f.l.): neut. pl. as Adv., λ. τῖλαι ‘pluck into small pieces’, Theoc. 3.21.

9 thin, light

of liquids, thin, γάλα Hp. Vict. 2.46; λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν Id. Coac. 310; λ. οἶνος light wine, Luc. Merc.Cond. 18; also of food, λ. δίαιται Hp. Aph. 1.4; λ. ὀψάρια OGI 484.16 (Pergam.). Adv. -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν, Gal. 19.191, Paul.Aeg. 3.43.

10 consisting of fine parts

= λεπτομερής, consisting of fine parts, ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος Arist. Ph. 215b4, cf. Cael. 303b26, al.

II subtle, refined, in detail, small

metaph., subtle, refined, νοῦς E. Med. 529; -ότεροι μῦθοι ib. 1082 (anap.); -ότατοι λῆροι Ar. Nu. 359; πυκνῇ . . λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί Id. Ach. 445; λ. λογιστά Id. Av. 318; λ. καὶ ἀκριβής Antipho 3.4.2; ἐς τὰς τέχνας παχέες, οὐ λεπτοί Hp. Aër. 24; λόγοι λ. . . τρέφουσʼ ἐκείνους Alex. 220.8; cf. λεπτολόγος. Adv. -τῶς, μεριμνᾶν Lyr.Adesp. 135; λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν Amphis 33.5: Comp. -οτέρως Anaxandr. 36: also κατὰ λεπτόν in detail, PPetr. 2p.118 (iii B.C.), Cic. Att. 2.18.2, Phryn. PS p.83 B., Pho

2 fine, delicate

rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, Arist. HA 545a7, Lyc. 687; ἁρμονία E. Fr. 773.23 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν Ar. Av. 235 (lyr.); of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα AP 11.352.5 (Agath.); cf. λεπταλέος.

3

of smell, Pl. Ti. 66e (Comp.).

4 the poor

of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, Plb. 24.7.3; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, prov. of poor people, Hsch.; λεπτὰ ξαίνεις Suid.

III small intestine

Subst. λεπτόν (sc. ἔντερον), τό, the small intestine, Hp. Coac. 311, 449.

2 a very small coin

(sc. νόμισμα) a very small coin, Ev.Luc. 21.2, Phot. s.v. ὀβολός; cf.supr.1.6.

3 jar

(sc. κεράμιον) jar, POxy. 920.4 (ii/iii A.D.), PStrassb. 40.48 (vi A.D.); cf. λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς.

4 minutes, seconds, minutes

Astron. (sc. ἑξηκοστόν), division of a degree, πρῶτα λεπτά, = minutes, δεύτερα λ., = seconds, Gem. 18.11, 18; λεπτά alone, = minutes, PLond. 1.98r.47 (i/ii A.D.), POxy. 1476 (iii A.D.).

2. ληπ-τός · lēp-tos — LSJ

to be apprehended

to be apprehended, λόγῳ καὶ διανοίᾳ Pl. R. 529d; τῷ λογισμῷ Max.Tyr. 7.5; πρὸς αἴσθησιν Chryserm. ap. Gal. 8.741.

b to be apprehended by the senses

later, to be apprehended by the senses, opp. νοητός, AP 11.354.6 (Agath.).

2 acceptable

in Stoic philos., acceptable, not to be refused if offered, Stoic. 3.32, 34.

II

= ἐπίληπτος, Arist. Pr. 896b6.

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