smooth, polish
λεαίνω, alsoλειαίνω, Sol. 4.35 , Nic. Th. 95 , Gp. 4.12.13 :fut.
A.
λεᾰνῶ
Arist. PA 674b21
; Ep.
λειᾰνέω
Il. 15.261
:aor. 1
ἐλέηνα
Hdt. 1.200
, Nic. Fr. 70.15 , -ᾱνα
Arist. GA 788b31 , ἐλείανα
IG 12.372E11
, 373.174 ; Ep.
ἐλείηνα, λείηνα, Il. 4.111 , Od. 8.260 :— Med. , Muson. Fr. 18 B p.101 H.: Ep.
aor.
λειηνάμην
Nic. Th. 646
:— Pass. , Pl. Plt. 270e :aor.
ἐλεάνθην
Dsc. 3.158
, S.E. P. 1.130 ; Ion.
subj.
λειανθέωσι
Hp. Mul. 2.168
;part.
λειανθείς
Gp. 11.13.2
, Philotim. ap. Orib. 4.10.1 :pf. inf.
λελειάνθαι
Thphr. Fr. 30.2
, Ph. 2.510 ;part.
λελεασμένος
Damocr.
ap. Gal. 13.989 , Dsc. 5.75 , Dieuch. ap. Orib. 4.6.2 , Porph. Abst. 4.7 , λελειασμένος
Ph. 1.302
:—smooth, polish, of a worker in horn or stone, πᾶν δ' εὖ λειήνας
Il. 4.111
, cf.IGll.cc.;ἵπποισι κέλευθον πᾶσαν λειανέωI willsmooththe way, Il. 15.261 ; λείηναν δὲ χορόν
Od. 8.260
, λ. τὰ τραχυνθέντα
Pl. Ti. 66c
;λ. τὰ κηρία, of bees, Arist. HA 625b19 :— Pass. , λεαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα
Theopomp.Hist. 195
.
2. triturate, pound in a mortar, Hdt.l.c.;grind down(of the teeth), X. Mem. 1.4.6 , Arist. Ph. 198b26 , HA 501b31 , Nic. Th. 95 , Ph. 1.63 :— Med. ,grind small, Nic. Th. 646 :— Pass. , Philotim. ap. Orib. l.c.
b. generally,crush, extirpate, τὰ φυόμενα
Hdt. 4.122
.
3. smooth away, τὰς τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδας
Pl. Smp. 191a
, cf.Plt.l.c. ( Pass. ): metaph.,smoothorsoften down, τὸν Μαρδονίον λόγον
Hdt. 8.142
; τὸ ἐπίχολον λ. τῷ ὕπνῳ
Philostr. Im. 2.11
;polishstyle, D.H. Comp. 16 : metaph., also,λ. τὴν κατάποσιν ticklethe palate, Muson.l.c.; τὴν ἀκοήν
D.H. Comp. 12
: abs., [ὁ χυλὸς] λεαίνει lubricates, soothes, Thphr. CP 6.2.1 .
II. intr.,to be smooth, Arist. Pr. 936a15 .
