Ancient Greek

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

References

• 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
2. flimsy
3. delicate, refined

Declension

Related terms

• λεπτό n ‎(leptó, “minute, cent, lepton”)
• λεπτά n pl ‎(leptá, “money”)

Derived terms

• λεπτό πριόνι n ‎(leptó prióni, “jigsaw”)