λεαίνω

leaino

smooth, polish

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 4 1
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4111
Book 15 1
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15261
Odyssey 1
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Book 8 1
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8260

Dictionary (LSJ)

λεαίνω, also λειαίνω, Sol. 4.35, Nic. Th. 95, Gp. 4.12.13: fut. λεᾰνῶ Arist. PA 674b21; Ep. λειᾰνέω Il. 15.261: aor. 1 ἐλέηνα Hdt. 1.200, Nic. Fr. 70.15, -ᾱνα Arist. GA 788b31, ἐλείανα IG 1(2).372E11,373.174; Ep. ἐλείηνα, λείηνα, Il. 4.111, Od. 8.260:—Med., Muson. Fr. 18 B p.101 H.: Ep. aor. λειηνάμην Nic. Th. 646:—Pass., Pl. Plt. 270e: aor. ἐλεάνθην Dsc. 3.158, S.E. P. 1.130; Ion. subj. λειανθέωσι Hp. Mul. 2.168; part. λειανθείς Gp. 11.13.2, Philotim. ap. Orib. 4.10.1: pf. inf. λελειάνθαι Thphr. Fr. 30.2, Ph. 2.510; part. λελεασμένος Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.989, Dsc. 5.75, Dieuch. ap. Orib. 4.6.2, Porph. Abst. 4.7, λελειασμένος Ph. 1.302:—

smooth, polish, of a worker in horn or stone, πᾶν δʼ εὖ λειήνας Il. 4.111, cf. IG ll.cc.; ἵπποισι κέλευθον πᾶσαν λειανέω I will smooth the way, Il. 15.261; λείηναν δὲ χορόν Od. 8.260, λ. τὰ τραχυνθέντα Pl. Ti. 66c; λ. τὰ κηρία, of bees, Arist. HA 625b19:—Pass., λεαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα Theopomp.Hist. 195.

2. triturate, pound in a mortar, Hdt. l.c.; grind down (of the teeth), X. Mem. 1.4.6, Arist. Ph. 198b26, HA 501b31, Nic. Th. 95, Ph. 1.63:—Med., grind small, Nic. Th. 646:— Pass., Philotim. ap. Orib. l.c.

b. generally, crush, extirpate, τὰ φυόμενα Hdt. 4.122.

3. smooth away, τὰς τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδας Pl. Smp. 191a, cf. Plt. l.c. (Pass.): metaph., smooth or soften down, τὸν Μαρδονίον λόγον Hdt. 8.142; τὸ ἐπίχολον λ. τῷ ὕπνῳ Philostr. Im. 2.11; polish style, D.H. Comp. 16: metaph., also, λ. τὴν κατάποσιν tickle the palate, Muson. l.c.; τὴν ἀκοήν D.H. Comp. 12: abs., [ὁ χυλὸς] λεαίνει lubricates, soothes, Thphr. CP 6.2.1.

II. intr., to be smooth, Arist. Pr. 936a15.

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