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λῑτός

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1. λῖτός · litos — Chantraine

2. λῖτός adj. simple employé librement de vêtements, de la manière de vivre, de la nourriture, du style et même de personnes (depuis rve s. av., hellén., ete.), cf. Vischer, Das einfache Leben, Diss. Tübingen 1960. Pour mycénien rila, cf. plus haut. Avec ladv. λιτῶς (tardif), λίτως (Alc. 121 adv. ou acc. pl.) et λιτότης «simplicité » (Démocr. 274, Thphr., etc.), «litote » (gramm.). — [Chantraine, s.v. λῖτός, p. 660]

2. λῑτός · litos — LSJ

simple, inexpensive, frugal, frugal, simple, plain, thin, cheap, coarse

simple, inexpensive, frugal, λιταὶ τράπεζαι Ps.-Phoc. 81; οἱ λ. χυλοί Epicur. Ep. 3p.63U.; λ. βίος Men. 633, Crates Theb. 10; τροφὴ λιτοτάτη Ath. 5.191f; λιτὴ δίαιτα Plu. QConv. 2.668f, cf. Sanit. 125d, etc.; τὸ λ. τῆς διαίτης, κατὰ τὴν δίαιταν, Epicur. Fr. 478, M.Ant. 1.3; παρέξοδος (q.v.) -οτέρη Hp. Decent. 8; λ. χλαμύδιον Men. 442; τὰ ἱμάτια λ. καὶ σώφρονα Jul. Caes. 317c; μίτρη λιτὴ στυππείου Michel 832.17 (Samos, iv B. C.); ὑποκεφάλαια δύο ἡμιτυβίου λιτά ib.l.23; [ἀσπίδας] χαλκᾶς λιτὰς δύο,

2 poor, frugal, frugally

of persons, poor, λ. γενόμενος τοῖς ἔχουσι μὴ φθόνει dub. in Dionys.Com. 10 ( = Dionys.Trag. 8); frugal, αὐτάρκεις καὶ λ. Plb. 6.48.7; κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ σίτησιν ἀφελὴς καὶ λ. Id. 11.10.3; λ. περὶ δίαιταν Plu. QConv. 2.709b. Adv. -τῶς frugally, Sotad.Com. 1.6, AP 7.156 (Isid.); λ. βιοῦν D.L. 6.105; λ. καὶ σωφρόνως ζῆν Ephor. 149 J.; λαμπρῶς ἢ λ. ἐξενεχθέντας Phld. l.c.

II plain, simple, unadorned

metaph., of style, plain, simple, unadorned, Arist. Rh. 1416b25, D.H. Th. 23, al.

III paltry, petty, small, slightly

paltry, petty, small, τάφος AP 7.73 (Gemin.), cf. 7.18 (Antip.Thess.); of persons, opp. μέγας, Call. Ap. 10; πολισμάτια Plb. 32.8.3. Adv. -τῶς slightly, ἡψημένα Artem. 1.70; λ. ἑφθά Diocl. Fr. 141; dub. sens. in Alc. Oxy. 1788 Fr. 2.11. [ῑ, but ῐ late, λῐτὰ δεῖπνα Nonn. D. 17.59.]

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  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λῑτός (scan p. 660; entry #4862).

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