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|Definition=ή, όν, (λέπω) rare in lit. sense, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[peeled]], [[husked]], <b class="b3">ῥίμφα τε λέπτ' ἐγένοντο</b>, of barley being [[threshed out]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.497</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fine]], [[small]], κονίη <span class="bibl">23.506</span>; κόνις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>256</span>; τέφρα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>177</span>; λεπτοῖς ἁλσί <span class="bibl">Alex.187.5</span>: freq. in Hp., διατρήσεις λ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>10</span>, al.; of soil, [[light]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[thin]], [[fine]], [[delicate]], freq. in Hom., mostly of garments and the like, ὀθόναι <span class="bibl">Il.18.595</span>; [[πέπλοι]], [[φᾶρος]], <span class="bibl">Od.7.97</span>, <span class="bibl">10.544</span>; ἀράχνια <span class="bibl">8.280</span>; μήρινθος <span class="bibl">Il.23.854</span>; -ότατος χαλκός <span class="bibl">20.275</span>; ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος <span class="title">BCH</span>35.286 (Delos, ii B.C.); ῥινὸς βοός <span class="bibl">Il.20.276</span> (Sup.); δέρμα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>517b27</span> (Sup.); τρίχες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>783a4</span> (Comp.); σάρξ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1189</span>; χαλκὸς καὶ δόνακες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>949</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.49</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν</b>, of ships, to have the bows [[thin and weak]], <span class="bibl">Id.7.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, [[thin]], [[lean]], <span class="bibl">Alc.39</span>; opp. [[παχύς]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>8</span> (Comp.); ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ec.</span>539</span>; σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων <span class="bibl">Antiph.122.4</span>; λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>26.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ceb.10</span>; λ. χείρ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>497</span>; στῆθος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1018</span> (anap.); τράχηλος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.30</span>; λεπτὸς &lt;ἐκ&gt; τοῖν σκελοῖν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>2</span>; λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Amat.</span>134b</span>; of animals, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.11</span>; also, [[slender]], [[taper]] (opp. [[παχύς]]), δάκτυλος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>523d</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν</b>, of the fingers of a statue, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Im.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of space, [[strait]], [[narrow]], εἰσίθμη <span class="bibl">Od.6.264</span>; ἀταρπός <span class="bibl">Alcm.81</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι</b> in [[a thin line]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.115.6</span>; οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν… ὁδόν Plu.2.964c (ap.<span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.6</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> generally, [[small]], [[weak]], [[impotent]], λεπτὴ μῆτις <span class="bibl">Il.10.226</span>, <span class="bibl">23.590</span>; ἐλπίς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1244</span>, cf. ὀχέω <span class="bibl">11.3</span>; ἀσφάλεια <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.20</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἴχνη</b> [[faint]] traces, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.5</span>; <b class="b3">λ. οὖας</b>, of a child's ear, [[tiny]], <span class="bibl">Simon.37.14</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων</b> [[small]] cattle, i.e. [[sheep and goats]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.137</span>; <b class="b3">λ. πλοῖα</b> [[small]] craft, <span class="bibl">Id.7.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκραι λ</b>. [[small]] headlands, <span class="bibl">Id.8.107</span>; λ. κλιμάκια <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>69</span>; τὸ -ότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>29</span>; λ. χαλκός <span class="title">OGI</span>485.12 (Magn. Mae.): without [[χαλκός]], <span class="title">Inscr.Perg.</span>374 <span class="title">D</span>7; ἀργύριον Ῥόδιον λ. <span class="title">CIG</span>2693e5 (Mylasa), cf. <span class="title">TAM</span>2(1).15 (Telmessus); v. infr. 111.2. Adv. -[[τῶς]], [[ζῆν]] [[poorly]], [[meanly]], <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>682</span>: neut. pl. as Adv., λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>224</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[light]], [[slight]], λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος… ῥιπαῖσι <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>892</span>; <b class="b3">λ. πνοαί</b> [[light]] breezes, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>813</span>; <b class="b3">λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν</b> on [[slight]] turns of fortune, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>555</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> of size or quantity, <b class="b3">λ. πυρίδια</b> [[small]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1206</span>; λ. κύλικες <span class="bibl">Pherecr.143.5</span> (but [[falsa lectio|f.l.]]): neut. pl. as Adv., <b class="b3">λ. τῖλαι</b> 'pluck into small pieces', <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> of liquids, [[thin]], γάλα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.46</span>; λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Coac.</span>310</span>; <b class="b3">λ. οἶνος</b> [[light]] wine, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>18</span>; also of food, λ. δίαιται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>1.4</span>; λ. ὀψάρια <span class="title">OGI</span>484.16 (Pergam.). Adv. -[[τῶς]], [[διαιτᾶσθαι]], [[διαιτᾶν]], Gal. 19.191, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.3.43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> = [[λεπτομερής]], [[consisting of fine parts]], ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>215b4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cael.</span>303b26</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[subtle]], [[refined]], νοῦς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>529</span>; -<b class="b3">ότεροι μῦθοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1082</span> (anap.); -ότατοι λῆροι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>359</span>; πυκνῇ… λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>445</span>; λ. λογιστά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>318</span>; λ. καὶ ἀκριβής <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.4.2</span>; ἐς τὰς τέχνας παχέες, οὐ λεπτοί Hp.Aër.24; λόγοι λ.… τρέφουσ' ἐκείνους <span class="bibl">Alex.220.8</span>; cf. [[λεπτολόγος]]. Adv. -τῶς, μεριμνᾶν <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>135; λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν <span class="bibl">Amphis 33.5</span>: Comp. -οτέρως <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.36</span>: also κατὰ λεπτόν [[in detail]], PPetr.2p.118 (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>2.18.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Phryn. <span class="title">PS</span> p.83</span> B., Phot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[νιφετός]]; cf. [[κατάλεπτον]], [[καταλεπτολογέω]]: <b class="b3">τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν</b>, title of poems by Aratus, <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.<span class="title">Intr.Arat.</span>p.79</span> M., <span class="bibl">Str.10.5.3</span>; also of minor poems of Virgil; <b class="b3">τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις</b>, perhaps [[small]] pores, Gal.15.201. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> rarely of the voice, [[fine]], [[delicate]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>545a7</span>, Lyc.687; ἁρμονία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>773.23</span> (lyr.): neut. as Adv., λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>235</span> (lyr.); of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα <span class="title">AP</span>11.352.5 (Agath.); cf. [[λεπταλέος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of smell, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>66e</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of persons, <b class="b3">οἱ λ</b>. [[the poor]], <span class="bibl">Plb.24.7.3</span>; <b class="b3">λεπτὴν πλέκειν</b>, [[proverb|prov.]] of poor people, Hsch.; λεπτὰ ξαίνεις Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Subst. [[λεπτόν]] (sc. [[ἔντερον]]), τό, the [[small intestine]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>311</span>, <span class="bibl">449</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> (sc. [[νόμισμα]]) [[a very small coin]], Ev.Luc.21.2, Phot.s.v. [[ὀβολός]]; cf.supr.1.6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> (sc. [[κεράμιον]]) [[jar]], POxy.920.4 (ii/iii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>40.48</span> (vi A.D.); cf. [[λεπτίον]], [[λεπτοκεραμεύς]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Astron. (sc. [[ἑξηκοστόν]]), division of a degree, <b class="b3">πρῶτα λεπτά</b>, = [[minutes]], <b class="b3">δεύτερα λ</b>., = [[seconds]], <span class="bibl">Gem.18.11</span>, <span class="bibl">18</span>; [[λεπτά]] alone, = [[minutes]], PLond. 1.98r.47 (i/ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1476</span> (iii A.D.).</span>