λιτότης

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ, (λῑτός)

   A plainness, simplicity, κόσμου Democr.274; τῶν στεφάνων Thphr.Fr.142; τὴν λ. διώκουσι D.S.2.59; λ. διαίτης Cic.Fam.7.26.2; cj. for λεπτότης in Epicur.Sent.Vat.63.    II Gramm., a figure of speech, assertion by means of understatement (cf. μείωσις) or negation, Serv. ad Verg.G.2.125, Donat.ad Ter.Hec.775.