λεπτός

λεπτός, ή, όν, (λέπω) rare in lit. sense, A. peeled, husked, ῥίμφα τε λέπτʼ ἐγένοντο, of barley being threshed out, Il. 20.497. 2. 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, Thphr. HP 1.8.1. 3. thin, fine, delicate, freq. in Hom., mostly of garments and the like, ὀθόναι Il. 18.595; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, Od. 7.97, 10.544; ἀράχνια 8.280; μήρινθος Il. 23.854; -ότατος χαλκός 20.275; ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος BCH 35.286 (Delos, ii B.C.); ῥινὸς βοός Il. 20.276 (Sup.); δέρμα Arist. 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.; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, Id. 7.36. 4. of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, Alc. 39; opp. παχύς, Hp. Art. 8 (Comp.); ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής Ar. Ec. 539; σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων Antiph. 122.4; λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν Thphr. Char. 26.5, cf. Ceb. 10; λ. χείρ Hes. Op. 497; στῆθος Ar. Nu. 1018 (anap.); τράχηλος X. Cyn. 5.30; λεπτὸς <ἐκ> τοῖν σκελοῖν Luc. Nav. 2; λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν Pl. Amat. 134b; of animals, X. Cyr. 1.4.11; also, slender, taper (opp. παχύς) , δάκτυλος Pl. R. 523d; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, Luc. Im. 6. 5. of space, strait, narrow, εἰσίθμη Od. 6.264; ἀταρπός Alcm. 81; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, X. Cyr. 5.4.46, cf. Plb. 3.115.6; οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν . . ὁδόν Plu. 2.964c (ap. Porph. Abst. 1.6). 6. generally, small, weak, impotent, λεπτὴ μῆτις Il. 10.226, 23.590; ἐλπίς Ar. Eq. 1244, cf. ὀχέω II.3; ἀσφάλεια D. Ep. 2.20; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, X. Cyn. 5.5; λ. οὖας, of a childʼs ear, tiny, Simon. 37.14; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, Hdt. 8.137; λ. πλοῖα small craft, Id. 7.36; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, Id. 8.107; λ. κλιμάκια Ar. Pax 69; τὸ -ότατον 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. III.2. Adv. -τῶς, ζῆν poorly, meanly, Men. Mon. 682: neut. pl. as Adv., λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις E. Or. 224. 7. light, slight, λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος . . ῥιπαῖσι A. Ag. 892; λ. πνοαί light breezes, E. IA 813; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, S. Fr. 555. 8. of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, Ar. Lys. 1206; λ. κύλικες Pherecr. 143.5 (but f.l.): neut. pl. as Adv., λ. τῖλαι ‘pluck into small pieces’, Theoc. 3.21. 9. of liquids, thin, γάλα Hp. Vict. 2.46; λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν Id. Coac. 310; λ. οἶνος light wine, Luc. Merc.Cond. 18; also of food, λ. δίαιται Hp. Aph. 1.4; λ. ὀψάρια OGI 484.16 (Pergam.). Adv. -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν, Gal. 19.191, Paul.Aeg. 3.43. 10. = λεπτομερής, consisting of fine parts, ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος Arist. Ph. 215b4, cf. Cael. 303b26, al. II. metaph., subtle, refined, νοῦς E. Med. 529; -ότεροι μῦθοι ib.1082 (anap.); -ότατοι 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. . . τρέφουσʼ ἐκείνους Alex. 220.8; cf. λεπτολόγος. Adv. -τῶς, μεριμνᾶν Lyr.Adesp. 135; λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν Amphis 33.5: Comp. -οτέρως Anaxandr. 36: also κατὰ λεπτόν in detail, PPetr. 2p.118 (iii B.C.), Cic. Att. 2.18.2, Phryn. PS p.83 B., Phot. s.v. νιφετός; cf. κατάλεπτον, καταλεπτολογέω: τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν, title of poems by Aratus, Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat.p.79 M., Str. 10.5.3; also of minor poems of Virgil; τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις, perh. small pores, Gal. 15.201. 2. rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, Arist. HA 545a7, Lyc. 687; ἁρμονία E. Fr. 773.23 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν Ar. Av. 235 (lyr.); of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα AP 11.352.5 (Agath.); cf. λεπταλέος. 3. of smell, Pl. Ti. 66e (Comp.). 4. of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, Plb. 24.7.3; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, prov. of poor people, Hsch.; λεπτὰ ξαίνεις Suid. III. Subst. λεπτόν (sc. ἔντερον), τό, the small intestine, Hp. Coac. 311, 449. 2. (sc. νόμισμα) a very small coin, Ev.Luc. 21.2, Phot. s.v. ὀβολός; cf.supr.1.6. 3. (sc. κεράμιον) jar, POxy. 920.4 (ii/iii A.D.), PStrassb. 40.48 (vi A.D.); cf. λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς. 4. Astron. (sc. ἑξηκοστόν), division of a degree, πρῶτα λεπτά, = minutes, δεύτερα λ., = seconds, Gem. 18.11, 18; λεπτά alone, = minutes, PLond. 1.98r.47 (i/ii A.D.), POxy. 1476 (iii A.D.).