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λεπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεπτός λεπτή λεπτόν

Structure: λεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: le/pw

Sense

  1. (rare, literally) peel, husked (of grain)
  2. fine-grained (ashes, soil, etc.)
  3. thin, lean (people or animals)
  4. straight, narrow (spaces)
  5. small, weak, tiny
  6. light (breezes)
  7. thin (liquids)
  8. (figuratively) refined, delicate

Examples

  • ἄλλαι δὲ ἑπτὰ βόεσ ἀνέβαινον μετὰ ταύτασ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ αἰσχραὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ καὶ ἐνέμοντο παρὰ τὰσ βόασ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλοσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:3)
  • καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ τὰσ ἑπτὰ βόασ τὰσ καλὰσ τῷ εἴδει καὶ τὰσ ἐκλεκτὰσ ταῖσ σαρξί. ἠγέρθη δὲ Φαραώ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:4)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ βόεσ ἕτεραι ἀνέβαινον ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ πονηραὶ καὶ αἰσχραὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖσ σαρξίν, οἵασ οὐκ εἶδον τοιαύτασ ἐν ὅλῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου αἰσχροτέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:19)
  • καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ τὰσ ἑπτὰ βόασ τὰσ πρώτασ τὰσ καλὰσ καὶ τὰσ ἐκλεκτάσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:20)
  • καὶ αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ λεπταὶ αἱ ἀναβαίνουσαι ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί, καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἔσονται ἑπτὰ ἔτη λιμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:27)

Synonyms

  1. thin

  2. straight

  3. light

  4. thin

  5. refined

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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