λεπτυσμός

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A thinning, Hp.Epid.6.3.16; τριχῶν Dsc.5.112; esp. of the line of battle, Ael.Tact.38.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 32] ὁ, = λέπτυνσις, Sp., bes. von den Reihen der Soldaten, Arr. tact. 49; vgl. Suid.