Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“λεα^νῶ” Arist.PA674b21; Ep. “λεια^νέω” Il.15.261: aor. 1 “ἐλέηνα” Hdt.1.200, Nic.Fr.70.15, -α_να Arist.GA788b31, “ἐλείανα” IG12.372E11,373.174; Ep. ἐλείηνα, λείηνα, Il.4.111, Od.8.260:—Med., Muson.Fr.18 B p.101 H.: Ep.aor. “λειηνάμην” Nic.Th.646:—Pass., Pl.Plt.270e: aor. “ἐλεάνθην” Dsc.3.158, S.E.P.1.130; Ion.subj. “λειανθέωσι” Hp.Mul.2.168; part. “λειανθείς” Gp.11.13.2, Philotim. ap. Orib.4.10.1: pf.inf.“λελειάνθαι” Thphr.Fr.30.2, Ph.2.510; part. “λελεασμένος” Damocr. ap. Gal.13.989, Dsc.5.75, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.6.2, Porph.Abst.4.7, “λελειασμένος” Ph.1.302:—smooth, polish, of a worker in horn or stone, “πᾶν δ᾽ εὖ λειήνας” Il.4.111, cf. IGll.cc.; ἵπποισι κέλευθον πᾶσαν λειανέω I will smooth the way, Il.15.261; “λείηναν δὲ χορόν” Od.8.260, “λ. τὰ τραχυνθέντα” Pl. Ti.66c; λ. τὰ κηρία, of bees, Arist.HA625b19:—Pass., “λεαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα” Theopomp.Hist.195.

2. triturate, pound in a mortar, Hdt.l.c.; grind down (of the teeth), X.Mem.1.4.6, Arist.Ph.198b26, HA501b31, Nic.Th.95, Ph.1.63:—Med., grind small, Nic.Th.646:— Pass., Philotim. ap. Orib. l.c.

b. generally, crush, extirpate, “τὰ φυόμενα” Hdt.4.122.

3. smooth away, “τὰς τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδας” Pl. Smp.191a, cf. Plt.l.c. (Pass.): metaph., smooth or soften down, “τὸν Μαρδονίον λόγον” Hdt.8.142; “τὸ ἐπίχολον λ. τῷ ὕπνῳ” Philostr.Im.2.11; polish style, D.H.Comp.16: metaph., also, λ. τὴν κατάποσιν tickle the palate, Muson.l.c.; “τὴν ἀκοήν” D.H.Comp.12: abs., [ὁ χυλὸς] λεαίνει lubricates, soothes, Thphr.CP6.2.1.

II. intr., to be smooth, Arist.Pr.936a15.