Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἀνεφύοντο μετ̓ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:6)
  • καὶ κατέπιον οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι τοὺσ ἑπτὰ στάχυασ τοὺσ ἐκλεκτοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ πλήρεισ. ἠγέρθη δὲ Φαραώ, καὶ ἦν ἐνύπνιον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:7)
  • ἄλλοι δὲ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἀνεφύοντο ἐχόμενοι αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:23)
  • καὶ κατέπιον οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι τοὺσ ἑπτὰ στάχυασ τοὺσ καλοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ πλήρεισ. εἶπα οὖν τοῖσ ἐξηγηταῖσ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀπαγγέλλων μοι αὐτό. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:24)
  • 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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