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|Definition=α, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[smooth]] to the [[touch]], ([[αἴγειρος]]) Il.4.484; λ. ὥσπερ ἔγχελυς Ar.''Fr.''218, cf. Eup.338; [[χῆμαι]], [[χηραμβίς]], ''PCair.Zen.''82.12 (iii B.C.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]s.v. [[χήμη; τὰ τραχέα καὶ τὰ λ]]. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.1; freq. in Pl., ''Cra.''414b, al., Arist.''Cat.''10a17, etc.; also, of cloths, [[smooth]], [[plain]], [[not embroidered]], ὑφαντά τε καὶ λ. Th.2.97; λ. [[ὕφασμα]] Pl.''Plt.''310e; <b class="b3">λεῖα ἐκπεποιημένα</b> worked [[smooth]], of [[marble]], ''IG''12.372.134; also <b class="b3">λεία ἐργασία</b> ib.372.165; [[unsculptured]], Ἀθήνης ἕδος Call.''Fr.''105.4; of plate, [[unembossed]], φιάλαι ''IG''11(2).161 ''B''27 (Delos, iii B.C.), ''Inscr.Délos'' 442 ''B''78 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Hom., chiefly of [[level]] places or countries, λεῖος δ' ἱππόδρομος [[ἀμφίς]] Il.23.330; <b class="b3">ἐν λείῳ πεδίῳ</b> ib.359; λ. ὁδός Od.10.103, Hes.''Op.''288 (ap. X., Pl., etc., [[ὀλίγη]] codd.); λ. [[ἄροσις]] Od.9.134; <b class="b3">λεῖα δ' ἐποίησεν</b> made a [[smooth place]], Il.12.30; πεδίον λ. Hdt.2.29; χωρίον λειότατον Id.7.9.β; ἡ λειοτάτη τῶν ὁδῶν Id.9.69; <b class="b3">λ. θάλασσα</b> a [[smooth]] [[sea]], Id.2.117; λ. [[χώρα]] καὶ [[ἄξυλος]] X.''Ath.'' 2.12; <b class="b3">λ. βάσεις</b> [[flat]] feet, Gal.6.856.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">χῶρος… λεῖος πετράων</b> [[smooth]] (i.e. free) from rocks, Od.5.443, 7.282.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[smooth-skinned]], [[without hair]], of animals, Arist.''HA''582b35, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''27.11; λειότατον τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν [[ἄνθρωπος]] Arist.''HA''583a6; especially of youths, [[smooth-chinned]], [[beardless]] (cf. [[λείαξ]]), Theoc.5.90, cf. ''AP''12.13 (Strat.); also, of fish, [[smooth]], ἱππίδια Epich.44; opp. [[λεπιδωτοί]], Arist.''HA''505a26; ([[γαλεός]]) the [[smooth]] [[shark]], [[Mustelus laevis]], ib.565b2, Opp.''H.''1.380; τὸ λ. Hp.''Epid.''3.14, 6.3.16; <b class="b3">λείη ὑπόστασις</b> a [[smooth]] or [[uniform]] [[sediment]], Id.''Coac.''462; [γάλα] λ. καὶ ὁμαλὸν καὶ συνεχὲς ἑαυτῷ Sor. 1.91.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[smooth]], [[soft]], [[πνεῦμα]] Ar.''Ra.''1003; of the sound of the [[voice]], Pl.''Plt.''307a, ''Ti.''67b, ''Phlb.''51d; [[διάλεκτος]] Phld.''Po.Herc.'' 994.36; of the taste, Ti.Locr.100e sq.; also λ. μῦθοι A.''Pr.''647; <b class="b3">[τὸ] ἥμερόν τε καὶ λ. [τοῦ ἤθους]</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''406a; <b class="b3">λ. πάθημα</b>, opp. [[τραχύ]], Id.''Ti.''63e; λ. κινήματα τῆς σαρκός Epicur.''Fr.''411; <b class="b3">λ. κίνησις</b>, Cyrenaic phrase for [[ἡδονή]], D.L.2.86, cf. Luc.''Par.''10, Alex.Aphr.''in Top.''94.32; λ. ἡσυχίη ''AP''7.278 (Arch. Byz.); <b class="b3">ὡς λειοτέρου ἐλέους ὑπάρξοντος</b> (sed leg. [[τελειοτέρου]]) Plb.20.9.11; [[τὸ λεῖον]] = [[λειότης]], τῆς [[ἑρμηνεία]]ς D.H. ''Lys.''24; τὸ λεῖον καὶ ὁμαλὲς τῆς συνθέσεως Demetr.''Eloc.''48. Adv. [[λείως]] [[smoothly]], [[gently]], Pl.''Tht.''144b, Plu.2.384a; καί με κωτίλλοντα λ. τραχὺν ἐκφανεῖν νόον Sol. ap. Arist.''Ath.''12.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[rubbed]] or [[ground down]], Dsc.1.3, al., ''PHolm.''19.39; cf. [[λειόω]] ''ΙΙ'': [[λεῖον]], τό, [[fine sand]], Inscr.Délos 500 ''A''9 (iii B.C.). (Prob. λειϝος, cf. Lat. [[levis]].)