λῖτα
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
λῑτί, case forms of a noun of which no nom. sg. is found (unless σινδὼν λίς is right in Michel 832.19 (Samos, iv B. C.)), linen cloth, ἑανῷ λιτὶ κάλυψαν they covered [the corpse] with a fine linen cloth, Il.18.352, 23.254; λῖτα may be acc. sg. or acc. pl., αὐτὴν δ' ἐς θρόνον εἷσεν ἄγων, ὑπὸ λῖτα πετάσσας, καλὸν δαιδάλεον Od.1.130; ἔβαλλε θρόνοις ἔνι ῥήγεα καλά, πορφύρεα καθύπερθ', ὑπένερθε δὲ λῖθ' ὑπέβαλλεν 10.353: understood as pl. by Ath.2.48c; used for covering a chariot, Il.8.441: in AP6.332 (Hadr.) λίτα [ῐ] poludai/dala is prob. f.l. (Perh. akin to λίνον.)
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. *λίς.
German (Pape)
τά, s. λίς.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λῖτα: или λιτά acc. sing. к *λίς III.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῖτα: τά, ἴδε ἐν λέξ. λίς, ἡ, ΙΙ.
English (Autenrieth)
see λί Od. 18.3.
Greek Monolingual
λῖτα (Α)
βλ. λις (I).
Greek Monotonic
λῖτα: βλ. λίς, ἡ, II.
Frisk Etymological English
Meaning: λιτί linen, λιτός simple
See also: s. 2. λίς.
Frisk Etymology German
λῖτα: λιτί
{lĩta}
Forms: λιτός schlicht, einfach
Meaning: glatte Leinwand,
See also: s. 2. λίς.
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