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