poiei`sqaiv ti to make light of a thing, Hdt.
II. light in moving, nimble, Lat. agilis , Hom ., Aesch. ; ejlafra; hJlikiva the age of active youth, Xen. ; oiJ ejlafroiv light troops, Lat. levis armatura , Id.
III. lightminded, thoughtless, Eur. Hence ejlafruvnw
ejlafruvnw
ejlafruvnw »u<Eth>1/4 , to make light, lighten, Babr.
ejlavcisto"
ejlavcisto" »a±1/4, h, on , Sup. of ejlacuv" , Comp. ejlavsswn , the smallest, least, oujk ejl . h. Hom. , Hdt. , etc. ; ejlacivstou lovgou of least account, Id.; peri; ejlavcistou poiei`sqai Plat.
2. of Time, shortest, diÆ ejlacivstou [ sc. crovnou1/4 Thuc .; diÆ ejlacivsth" boulh`" with shortest deliberation, Id.
3.
of Number,
fewest,
Plat.
II.
to; ejlavciston, toujlavciston
,
at the least,
Hdt
.,
Xen.
,
etc.
; also
ejlavcista
,
Thuc.
,
Plat.
III.
there is also a new
Comp.
ejlacistovtero"
,
less than the least,
N.T.
ejlacuv", jELACU vS
jELACU vS , ejlavceia (not -ei`a ) , uv , small, short, little, old Ep. Positive, whence ejlavsswn, ejlavcisto" are formed, h. Hom. : cf. lavceia .
ejlavw, jELA vW
jELA vW , old form of ejlauvnw , Ep. inf. ejlavan (which is also fut. ) Hom. ; 3 pl. impf. e[lwn Od.
e[ldomai, [ELDOMAI
[ELDOMAI , Ep. ejevldomai , only in pres. and impf. to wish, long to do a thing, c. inf ., Hom: —c. gen. to long for, Id.: c. acc. to desire, Id.:—as Pass. , nu`n toi ejeldevsqw povlemo" be war now welcome, Il. Hence e[ldwr
e[ldwr
e[ldwr , only found in Ep. form ejevldwr , tov , a wish, longing, desire, Il., Hes.
ejleaivrw
ejleaivrw , = ejleevw , to take pity on, tinav Hom ., Ar.
ejlea`"
ejlea`" , oJ , a kind of owl, Ar.
ejlegeiva
ejlegeiva , hJ , an elegy, Plut.
ejlegei`on
ejlegei`on , tov , ( e[lego" ) a distich consisting of hexameter and pentameter, the metre of the elegy, Thuc.
II. in pl. , ejlegei`a, tav , an elegiac poem, Plat ., etc. :—so in sing. , Plut.