λεαίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also λειαίνω, <span class="bibl">Sol.4.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>95</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>4.12.13: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> λεᾰνῶ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>674b21</span>; Ep. λειᾰνέω <span class="bibl">Il.15.261</span>: aor. 1 ἐλέηνα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.200</span>, Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>70.15, -ᾱνα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>788b31</span>, ἐλείανα <span class="title">IG</span>12.372<span class="hiitalic">E</span>11,373.174; Ep. [[ἐλείηνα]], [[λείηνα]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.111</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.260</span>:—Med., Muson.<span class="title">Fr.</span>18 B p.101 H.: Ep.aor. λειηνάμην <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>646</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>270e</span>: aor. ἐλεάνθην Dsc.3.158, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.130</span>; Ion.subj. λειανθέωσι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.168</span>; part. λειανθείς <span class="title">Gp.</span>11.13.2, Philotim. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.4.10.1</span>: pf.inf.λελειάνθαι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>30.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.510</span>; part. λελεασμένος Damocr. ap. Gal.13.989, Dsc.5.75, Dieuch. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.4.6.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>4.7</span>, λελειασμένος <span class="bibl">Ph.1.302</span>:—[[smooth]], [[polish]], of a worker in horn or stone, πᾶν δ' εὖ λειήνας <span class="bibl">Il.4.111</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>ll.cc.; <b class="b3">ἵπποισι κέλευθον πᾶσαν λειανέω</b> I will [[smooth]] the way, <span class="bibl">Il.15.261</span>; λείηναν δὲ χορόν <span class="bibl">Od.8.260</span>, λ. τὰ τραχυνθέντα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>66c</span>; <b class="b3">λ. τὰ κηρία</b>, of bees, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>625b19</span>:—Pass., λεαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist.195</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[triturate]], [[pound in a mortar]], Hdt.l.c.; [[grind down]] (of the teeth), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>198b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>501b31</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>95</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.63</span>:—Med., [[grind small]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>646</span>:— Pass., Philotim. ap. Orib. l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[crush]], [[extirpate]], τὰ φυόμενα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.122</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[smooth away]], τὰς τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδας <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>191a</span>, cf. <span class="title">Plt.</span>l.c. (Pass.): metaph., [[smooth]] or [[soften down]], τὸν Μαρδονίον λόγον <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.142</span>; τὸ ἐπίχολον λ. τῷ ὕπνῳ <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.11</span>; [[polish]] style, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>16</span>: metaph., also, <b class="b3">λ. τὴν κατάποσιν</b> [[tickle]] the palate, Muson.l.c.; τὴν ἀκοήν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>12</span>: abs., [<b class="b3">ὁ χυλὸς] λεαίνει</b> [[lubricates]], [[soothes]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., to [[be smooth]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>936a15</span>.</span>