λεπτύνω
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
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A ῠνῶ LXX Ps.17(18).42: aor. 1 ἐλέπτυνα Hp.Epid. 6.1.5:—Pass., aor. ἐλεπτύνθην Id.Aph.5.46: pf. λελέπτυσμαι Id.Morb.1.19, Arist.HA511b22; inf. λελεπτύνθαι Ath.12.552e: (λεπτός): —make thin or meagre, αἱ ταλαιπωρίαι λ. [τὰ πρόβατα] Arist.HA 596a29, cf. Pr.882a27; λ. τὸ σχῆμα [τῶν ταγμάτων] Plb.3.113.8 (cf. λεπτυσμός) ; φωνὴν βαρεῖαν . . λεπτύνων Babr.103.5:—Pass., to be reduced, grow lean or slender, Hp.Aph.2.7, Arist.HA518b29, al.; τοὺς ὤμους λεπτύνεσθαι X.Smp.2.17; λελεπτυσμένος (-ισμένος cod.) κατὰ τὴν οὐράν, of a serpent, Philum.Ven.18.1; of things, to be rarefied, Damox.2.28, cf. Ph.1.642, S.E.M.10.25. 2 comminute or liquefy food in digestion, Plu.2.689d; -ύνουσα δίαιτα diet productive of thin humours, Gal.Vict.Att.3:—Pass., become fluid, opp. παχύνεσθαι, of foods, Hp.VM19; also -όμενα εἰς πνεῦμα διακρίνεται Arist.Pr.966b14. 3 thresh, winnow, λ. Δηοῦς καρπόν AP9.21.
