λεπτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέπω (lépō, “I peel”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Adjective

λεπτός • (leptós) m (feminine λεπτή, neuter λεπτόν); first/second declension

1. (rare, literally) peeled, husked (of grain)
2. fine-grained (ashes, soil, etc.)
3. thin, lean (people or animals)
4. straight, narrow (spaces)
5. small, weak, impotent
6. light, slight (breezes)
7. thin (liquids)
8. (figuratively) refined, delicate, subtle

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: λεπτός (leptós)

Further reading

• “λεπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λεπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λεπτός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λεπτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λεπτός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λεπτός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• λεπτός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attenuated idem, page 51.
  • bony idem, page 89.
  • delicate idem, page 207.
  • diminutive idem, page 225.
  • emaciated idem, page 266.
  • faint idem, page 302.
  • feathery idem, page 313.
  • fine idem, page 321.
  • flimsy idem, page 328.
  • gaunt idem, page 355.
  • gossamer idem, page 367.
  • insignificant idem, page 445.
  • jejune idem, page 462.
  • languid idem, page 475.
  • lank idem, page 476.
  • lean idem, page 482.
  • light idem, page 490.
  • little idem, page 495.
  • meagre idem, page 519.
  • petty idem, page 609.
  • shrivelled idem, page 771.
  • skinny idem, page 781.
  • slender idem, page 783.
  • slight idem, page 784.
  • slim idem, page 784.
  • small idem, page 786.
  • spare idem, page 798.
  • subtle idem, page 833.
  • superfine idem, page 839.
  • taper idem, page 855.
  • thin idem, page 866.
  • trifling idem, page 895.
  • trivial idem, page 896.
  • unimportant idem, page 922.
  • weak idem, page 969.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “small”).

Adjective

λεπτός • (leptós) m (feminine λεπτή, neuter λεπτό)

1. thin, skinny, slim

   Synonym: άπαχος (ápachos)

2. flimsy
3. delicate, refined

Declension

Derived terms