λεῖος, α, ον,
smooth to the touch, [αἴγειρος] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.484; λ. ὥσπερ ἔγχελυς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 218, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 338 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χῆμαι, χηραμβίς, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 82.12 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], [[5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {χήμ; τὰ τραχέα καὶ τὰ λ}. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.1; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Cra.” 414b, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 10a17, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of cloths, smooth, plain, not embroidered, ὑφαντά τε καὶ λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97; λ. ὕφασμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 310e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεῖα ἐκπεποιημένα worked smooth, of marble, [[ “IG” 12.372.134; also λεία ἐργασία [prev. work]372.165;] Refs] unsculptured, Ἀθήνης ἕδος [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 105.4 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of plate, unembossed, φιάλαι [[ “IG” 11(2).161 B 27 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), “Inscription Délos” 442 B 78 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], chiefly of level places or countries, λεῖος δ᾽ ἱππόδρομος ἀμφίς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.330 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν λείῳ πεδίῳ[[ [prev. work] 359; λ. ὁδός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.103, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 288 (cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, etc., ὀλίγη codices)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. ἄροσις [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.134 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λεῖα δ᾽ ἐποίησεν made a smooth place, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.30; πεδίον λ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29; χωρίον λειότατον [prev. author] 7.9. ; ἡ -οτάτη τῶν ὁδῶν [prev. author] 9.69 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. θάλασσα a smooth sea, [[ [prev. author] 2.117; λ. χώρα καὶ ἄξυλος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 2.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. βάσεις flat feet, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.856. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]