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

  • ἀλλ̓ ὃν ᾔδεισ, πολὺ λεπτότεροσ ἦν καὶ σμαράγδουσ οὐκ εἶχε. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:13)
  • λεπτότεροσ δ’ ἦν καὶ Φιλίτασ ὁ Κῷοσ ποιητήσ, ὃσ καὶ διὰ τὴν τοῦ σώματοσ ἰσχνότητα σφαίρασ ἐκ μολύβου πεποιημένασ εἶχε περὶ τὼ πόδε ὡσ μὴ ὑπὸ ἀνέμου ἀνατραπείη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 771)
  • λεπτότεροσ γὰρ καὶ γλυκύτεροσ Στράβων δ’ ἐν γ’ Γεωγραφικῶν πρὸσ ταῖσ ̔ Ἡρακλέουσ φησὶ νήσοισ κατὰ Καρχηδόνα τὴν καινὴν πόλιν εἶναι Σεξιτανίαν, ἐξ ἧσ καὶ τὰ ταρίχη ἐπωνύμωσ λέγεσθαι, καὶ ἄλλην Σκομβροαρίαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁλισκομένων σκόμβρων, ἐξ ὧν τὸ ἄριστον σκευάζεσθαι γάρον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 92 2:4)
  • πολὺ γὰρ γέγονα λεπτότεροσ ἢ ὅτε εἰσῆλθον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 38:3)
  • ἡ δὲ μήτηρ, Ἀληθῶσ, εἶπεν, ὁ ξενοσ λέγει, ἐπεὶ καὶ νῦν λεπτότεροσ αὑτοῦ γέγονε· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 94:2)

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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