λειότης

leiotes

smoothness

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 644a12–644b21

644b14
Book II 2
Chapter 1 646a8–647b9

646a19

Chapter 2 647b10–649b8

648b6
On Colours 2
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Chapter 3 792b33–794a15

793b8
793b10
History of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518a27
Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

590b19
Metaphysics 2
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 11 1018b9–1019a14

1018b38
Book Η 1
Chapter 2 1042b9–1043a28

1042b35
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 422b17–424a16

422b31
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 7 786b7–788b2

786b10
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 2 806a19–807a30

806a31

Dictionary (LSJ)

λειότης, ητος, ἡ, A. smoothness, opp. τραχύτης, σπλάγχνων A. Pr. 493; χαλινοῦ X. Eq. 10.6sq.; κατόπτρων Pl. Ti. 46c; of the skin, Id. Grg. 465b: in pl., Id. Ti. 65c, Arist. PA 648b6. 2. of the voice or pronunciation, [φωνῆς] Id. GA 786b10, Demetr. Eloc. 299; λ. ὀνομάτων D.H. Vett.Cens. 2.2; τῇ λ. δουλεύειν, of Isocrates, Phld. Rh. 1.199 S. = D.H. Isoc. 13.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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