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λεπτός, ή, όν,
(λέπω) rare in literal sense, peeled, husked, ῥίμφα τε λέπτ᾽ ἐγένοντο, of barley being threshed out, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.497. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 fine, small, κονίη [[ 23.506; κόνις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 256; τέφρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 177; λεπτοῖς ἁλσί 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187.5: frequently in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, διατρήσεις λ. “Loc.Hom.” 10, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soil, light, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 thin, fine, delicate, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly of garments and the [[like, ὀθόναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.595 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.97, 10.544; ἀράχνια 8.280; μήρινθος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.854; - ότατος χαλκός 20.275; ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος “BCH” 35.286 (Delos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥινὸς βοός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.276 (_superlative_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δέρμα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 517b27 (_superlative_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρίχες [[ [prev. author] “GA” 783a4 (_comparative_)] Refs]; σάρξ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1189; χαλκὸς καὶ δόνακες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.25, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 949, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, [[ [prev. author] 7.36. ] Refs]
__4 of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; opposed to παχύς, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 539; σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 122.4; λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 26.5, compare 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 10; λ. χείρ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 497; στῆθος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1018 (_anapaest meter_); τράχηλος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.30; λεπτὸς [ἐκ] τοῖν σκελοῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 2; λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, slender, taper (opposed to παχύς), δάκτυλος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 of space, strait, narrow, εἰσίθμη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.264; ἀταρπός 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 81 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.46, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.6; οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν.. ὁδόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.964c (cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.6). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 generally, small, weak, impotent, λεπτὴ μῆτις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.226, 23.590; ἐλπίς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1244, compare ὀχέω 11.3; ἀσφάλεια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.20 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. οὖας, of a child's ear, tiny, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. πλοῖα small craft, [[ [prev. author] 7.36 ] Refs]; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, [[ [prev. author] 8.107; λ. κλιμάκια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 69; τὸ -ότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 29; λ. χαλκός “OGI” 485.12 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae.): without χαλκός, “Inscription Perg.” 374 D 7; ἀργύριον Ῥόδιον λ. “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2693e5 (from Mylasa), compare “TAM” 2(1).15 (from Telmessus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see below 111.2. adverb -τῶς, ζῆν poorly, meanly, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 682 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 224. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 light, slight, λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος.. ῥιπαῖσι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 892 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. πνοαί light breezes, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 813 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 555. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__8 of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1206; λ. κύλικες 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.5 (but _falsa lectio_): _neuter_ _plural_ as ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, λ. τῖλαι 'pluck into small pieces', [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.21. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__9 of liquids, thin, γάλα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.46; λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν [prev. author] “Coac.” 310 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. οἶνος light wine, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 18 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of food, λ. δίαιται [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4; λ. ὀψάρια “OGI” 484.16 (Pergam.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν[[, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.191, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.43. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__10 ={λεπτομερής}, consisting of fine parts, ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 215b4, compare “Cael.” 303b26, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, subtle, refined, νοῦς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 529; -ότεροι μῦθοι [prev. work] 1082 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; - ότατοι λῆροι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 359; πυκνῇ.. λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί [prev. author] “Ach.” 445; λ. λογιστά [prev. author] “Av.” 318; λ. καὶ ἀκριβής 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.2; ἐς τὰς τέχνας παχέες, οὐ λεπτοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24; λόγοι λ... τρέφουσ᾽ ἐκείνους 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 220.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare λεπτολόγος. adverb - τῶς, μεριμνᾶν [[ “Lyrica Adespota” 135; λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 33.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -οτέρως [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 36: also κατὰ λεπτόν ] Refs 4th c.BC+]in detail, [[ PPetr. 2p.118 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.18.2, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.83 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] see at {νιφετός}; compare κατάλεπτον, καταλεπτολογέω: τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν, title of poems by Aratus, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus “Introductio in Aratum” p.79 M., 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.3 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also of minor poems of Virgil; τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις, perhaps small pores, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.201. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545a7, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 687; ἁρμονία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 773.23 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter as adverb, λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 235 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.352.5 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; compare λεπταλέος.
__II.3 of smell, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 66e (_comparative_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.7.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, proverbial of poor people, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; λεπτὰ ξαίνεις 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III substantive λεπτόν (i.e. ἔντερον), τό, the small intestine, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 311, 449. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 (i.e. νόμισμα) a very small coin, [[NT.Luke.21.2] NT], Phot. see at {ὀβολός}; compare#1.6.
__III.3 (i.e. κεράμιον) jar, [[ POxy. 920.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD), “PStrassb.” 40.48 (6th c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς.
__III.4 Astron. (i.e. ἑξηκοστόν), division of a degree, πρῶτα λεπτά, = minutes, δεύτερα λ., = seconds, [[ 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 18.11, 18 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; λεπτά alone, = minutes, [[ PLond. 1.98r.47 (1st-2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1476 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
