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|Definition=also [[λειαίνω]], Sol.4.35, Nic.''Th.''95, ''Gp.''4.12.13: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. λεᾰνῶ [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''674b21; Ep. λειᾰνέω Il.15.261: aor. 1 ἐλέηνα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.200, Nic.''Fr.''70.15, -ᾱνα Arist.''GA''788b31, ἐλείανα ''IG''12.372E11,373.174; Ep. [[ἐλείηνα]], [[λείηνα]], Il.4.111, Od.8.260:—Med., Muson.''Fr.''18 B p.101 H.: Ep.aor. λειηνάμην Nic.''Th.''646:—Pass., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 270e: aor. ἐλεάνθην Dsc.3.158, S.E.''P.''1.130; Ion.subj. λειανθέωσι Hp.''Mul.''2.168; part. λειανθείς ''Gp.''11.13.2, Philotim. ap. Orib.4.10.1: pf.inf.λελειάνθαι [[Theophrastus]] ''Fragmenta'' 30.2, Ph.2.510; part. λελεασμένος Damocr. ap. Gal.13.989, Dsc.5.75, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.6.2, Porph.''Abst.''4.7, λελειασμένος Ph.1.302:—[[smooth]], [[polish]], of a worker in horn or stone, πᾶν δ' εὖ λειήνας Il.4.111, cf. ''IG''ll.cc.; <b class="b3">ἵπποισι κέλευθον πᾶσαν λειανέω</b> I will [[smooth]] the way, Il.15.261; λείηναν δὲ χορόν Od.8.260, λ. τὰ τραχυνθέντα Pl. ''Ti.''66c; <b class="b3">λ. τὰ κηρία</b>, of bees, Arist.''HA''625b19:—Pass., λεαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα Theopomp.Hist.195.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[triturate]], [[pound in a mortar]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]l.c.; [[grind down]] (of the teeth), [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.4.6, Arist.''Ph.''198b26, ''HA''501b31, Nic.''Th.''95, Ph.1.63:—Med., [[grind small]], Nic.''Th.''646:—Pass., Philotim. ap. Orib. [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[crush]], [[extirpate]], τὰ φυόμενα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.122.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[smooth away]], τὰς τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 191a, cf. ''Plt.''l.c. (Pass.): metaph., [[smooth]] or [[soften down]], τὸν Μαρδονίον λόγον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.142; τὸ ἐπίχολον λ. τῷ ὕπνῳ Philostr.''Im.''2.11; [[polish]] style, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''16: metaph., also, <b class="b3">λ. τὴν κατάποσιν</b> [[tickle]] the palate, Muson.l.c.; τὴν ἀκοήν [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''12: abs., [ὁ χυλὸς] λεαίνει [[lubricates]], [[soothes]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.2.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., to [[be smooth]], Arist.''Pr.''936a15.