ἐπιλεαίνω
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
A smooth over, Plu.2.74d; τὰ ἄκρα τῶν βλεφάρων, of light sleep, Hld.2.16: metaph., ἐπιλεήνας τὴν Ξέρξεω γνώμην, i.e. making it plausible, Hdt.7.10; τὸ φαῦλον καὶ ἀγεννὲς τῶν διηγημάτων Jul.Or.3.111d. II. chew, τροφήν Ph.1.63, al.: metaph., λόγον ib. 180.
German (Pape)
[Seite 957] überglätten, ὥςπερ οἱ λιθοξόοι τὰ πληγέντα καὶ περικοπέντα ἀγάλματα ἐπιλεαίνοντες καὶ γανοῦντες Plut. discr. am. et adul. E. – Uebertr., τὴν γνώμην, die Meinung überglätten u. annehmlicher machen, Her. 7, 9, vgl. 8, 142; mildern, besänftigen, Plut. öfter., Luc. Nav. 6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιλεαίνω: καθιστῶ τι λεῖον, Πλούτ. 2. 75B· μεταφ., ἐπιλεήνας τὴν Ξέρξεω γνώμην, δηλ. καταστήσας αὐτὴν ἀποδεκτήν, παραδεκτήν, Ἡρόδ. 7. 9, 3, πρβλ. 8. 142, καὶ λεαίνω.
