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λῑτότης

litotes · ἡ

plainness, simplicity

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Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

λῑτότης · litotēs — LSJ

plainness, simplicity

plainness, simplicity, κόσμου Democr. 274; τῶν στεφάνων Thphr. Fr. 142; τὴν λ. διώκουσι D.S. 2.59; λ. διαίτης Cic. Fam. 7.26.2; cj. for λεπτότης in Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63.

II assertion by means of understatement, negation

Gramm., a figure of speech, assertion by means of understatement (cf. μείωσις) or negation, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2.125, Donat. ad Ter. Hec. 775.

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λιτότητα · litotēta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7472)

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