λεπτότης
leptotes
thinness
Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λεπτότης, ητος, ἡ, (λεπτός) A. thinness, opp. παχύτης, VC 2. 2. fineness, delicacy, opp. πάχος, R. 523e, al.; of soil, Tact. 34.1; of the air, tenuity, Ti. 58b, Cael. 303b24, cf. Ph. 215b28: in pl., opp. πάχη, HA 507b26; of the εἴδωλα, Ep. 1p.10U. 3. thinness, meagreness, of body, Lg. 646b. II. metaph., subtlety, τῶν φρενῶν Nu. 153, cf. Bis Acc. 2.
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