Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεῖος λεῖη λεῖον

Structure: λει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. smooth, plain, not embroidered
  2. smooth, level, flat, smooth, free) from
  3. smooth-skinned, beardless
  4. smooth, soft

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸσ Ρεβέκκαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ. ἔστιν Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφόσ μου ἀνὴρ δασύσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὴρ λεῖοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:11)
  • καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν βακτηρίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ πέντε λίθουσ λείουσ ἐκ τοῦ χειμάρρου καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺσ ἐν τῷ καδίῳ τῷ ποιμαινικῷ τῷ ὄντι αὐτῷ εἰσ συλλογὴ καὶ σφενδόνην αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσῆλθε πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἀλλόφυλον. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:20)
  • α ὁ βλέπων λεῖα ἐλεηθήσεται, ὁ δὲ συναντῶν ἐν πύλαισ ἐκθλίψει ψυχάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:15)
  • ἀργύριον διδόμενον μετὰ δόλου, ὥσπερ ὄστρακον ἡγητέον. χείλη λεῖα καρδίαν καλύπτει λυπηράν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:24)
  • ὅτε, εἰ καὶ παντάπασιν ἠπειρώτησ καὶ ἀπειρόπλουσ τισ εἰή, πάντωσ ἂν ἐθελήσειε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐμβῆναι καὶ περιπλεῦσαι καὶ πολὺ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἀποσπάσαι, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ βλέποι τὴν μὲν αὔραν κούφωσ ἐπουριάζουσαν τὴν ὀθόνην, τὴν δὲ ναῦν προσηνῶσ τε καὶ λείωσ ἐπ’ ἄκρων ἠρέμα διολισθάνουσαν τῶν κυμάτων. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 12:2)
  • "ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, οὑτοσὶ ὁ τὰσ γνάθουσ λεῖοσ καὶ τὸ φώνημα γυναικεῖοσ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα εὐνούχῳ ἐοικὼσ εἰ ἀποδύσαιτο, πάνυ ἀνδρεῖοσ ὑμῖν φανεῖται· (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 10:1)
  • λεῖόσ μοι, φασί, Χαιρέασ καὶ χοιρίσκοσ Ἀχαρνικόσ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:8)
  • ὡσ δὲ λεῖοσ εἶ καὶ ὀλισθηρόσ, ὦ Πλοῦτε, καὶ δυσκάτοχοσ καὶ διαφευκτικόσ, οὐδεμίαν ἀντιλαβὴν παρεχόμενοσ βεβαίαν ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ αἱ ἐγχέλεισ ἢ οἱ ὄφεισ διὰ τῶν δακτύλων δραπετεύεισ οὐκ οἶδα ὅπωσ· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 29:1)
  • πάντωσ γὰρ εἶναι ψιλὴν αὐτὴν παρηκολούθηκεν, οἱο͂ν νεὤσ, λεὤσ, Τυνδάρεὠσ, Μενέλεὠσ, λειπόνεὠσ, εὔνεὠσ, Νείλεὠσ, πρᾶὀσ, υἱὄσ, Κεῖὀσ, Χῖὀσ, δῖὀσ, χρεῖὀσ, πλεῖὀσ, λεῖὀσ, λαιὄσ, βαιὄσ, φαιὄσ, πηὄσ, γόὀσ, θοὄσ, ῥόὀσ, ζωὄσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 57 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. smooth

  2. smooth

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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