ἐλαχύς

English (LSJ)

ἐλάχεια (not -εῖα, Hdn.Gr.1.249), ἐλαχύ,

   A small, short, mean, little: old Ep.Positive, whence ἐλάσσων, ἐλάχιστος are formed: in early Ep. only fem., h.Ap.197, v.l. in Od.9.116, 10.509 (v. λάχεια): in later Ep., Archyt.Amphiss.2, Euph.11, Nic.Th.324, Opp.C.3.480, Nonn.D.37.314: neut. ἐλαχὺ σκάφος AP7.498 (Antip.). (leg[uglide]h- or leng[uglide]h-, cf. Lat. leuis, Lith. leñgvas 'light'.)