II. metaph. fine, subtle, refined, nou`", mu`qo" Eur ., etc. :—so Adv. , leptw`" merimna`n Plat.
leptosuvnh
leptosuvnh , hJ , = leptovth" , Anth.
leptovth" , hto", hJ , ( leptov" ) thinness: fineness, delicacy, leanness, Plat.
2. metaph. subtlety, Ar.
leptotomevw
lepto-tomevw , f. hvsw , ( tevmnw ) to cut small, mince, Strab.
leptourgevw
leptourgevw , f. hvsw , to do fine work, of joiners and turners, Plut.
2. metaph. = leptologevw , Eur.
leptourghv"
lept-ourghv" , ev", ( * e[rgw ) finely worked, h. Hom.
leptuvnw
leptuvnw »u<Eth>1/4 , f. uØnw` , ( leptov" ) to make small or fine: to thresh out, winnow, Anth .: —Pass. to be reduced, grow lean, Arist .; tou;" w[mou" leptuvnesqai Xen.
lepuvrion
lepuvrion »u<Eth>1/4, tov , Dim. of levpuron , Theocr.
lepuriwvdh"
lepu<Eth>ri-wvdh" , e" , ( ei\do" ) consisting of coats or layers, like the onion, Arist.
levpuron
levpu<Eth>ron , tov , ( levpw ) a shell, husk, rind.
levpw, LE vPW
LE vPW , f. levyw : aor. I e[leya :— Pass. , aor. 2 inf. la±ph`nai : pf. levlemmai :— to strip off the rind or husks, to peel, bark, peri; gavr rJav eJ calko;" e[leyen fuvlla te kai; floiovn Il.
II. metaph. in Com. poets, to hide, i.e. thrash.
Levrna
Levrna , hJ , Lerna, in Argolis, the abode of the Hydra, Eur. :— Adj. Lernai`o" , a, on or o", on , Hes. , Eur.
Lesbiavzw
Lesbiavzw , f. sw , to imitate Sappho (the Lesbian poetry), Ar. From levsbio"
levsbio"
levsbio" , a, on , Lesbian, of Lesbos, Hdt ., etc.