2. fine, small, “κονίη” 23.506; “κόνις” S.Ant.256; “τέφρα” Ar.Nu.177; “λεπτοῖς ἁλσί” Alex.187.5: freq. in Hp., “διατρήσεις λ.” Loc.Hom.10, al.; of soil, light, Thphr.HP1.8.1.
3. thin, fine, delicate, freq. in Hom., mostly of garments and the like , “ὀθόναι” Il.18.595; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, Od.7.97, 10.544; “ἀράχνια” 8.280; “μήρινθος” Il.23.854; -“ότατος χαλκός” 20.275; “ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος” BCH35.286 (Delos, ii B.C.); “ῥινὸς βοός” Il.20.276 (Sup.); “δέρμα” Arist.HA517b27 (Sup.); “τρίχες” Id.GA783a4 (Comp.); “σάρξ” E.Med.1189; “χαλκὸς καὶ δόνακες” Pi.P.12.25, cf. E.Med.949, Th. 2.49, etc.; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, Id.7.36.
4. of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, Alc.39; opp. παχύς, Hp.Art.8 (Comp.); “ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής” Ar. Ec.539; “σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων” Antiph.122.4; “λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν” Thphr. Char.26.5, cf. Ceb.10; “λ. χείρ” Hes.Op.497; “στῆθος” Ar.Nu.1018 (anap.); “τράχηλος” X.Cyn.5.30; “λεπτὸς <ἐκ> τοῖν σκελοῖν” Luc.Nav.2; “λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν” Pl.Amat.134b; of animals, X.Cyr.1.4.11; also, slender, taper (opp. παχύς）“, δάκτυλος” Pl.R.523d; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, Luc.Im.6.
5. of space, strait, narrow, “εἰσίθμη” Od.6.264; “ἀταρπός” Alcm.81; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, X. Cyr.5.4.46, cf. Plb.3.115.6; “οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν . . ὁδόν” Plu.2.964c (ap.Porph.Abst.1.6).
6. generally, small, weak, impotent, “λεπτὴ μῆτις” Il.10.226, 23.590; “ἐλπίς” Ar.Eq.1244, cf. “ὀχέω” 11.3; “ἀσφάλεια” D.Ep.2.20; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, X.Cyn.5.5; λ. οὖας, of a child's ear, tiny, Simon.37.14; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, Hdt.8.137; λ. πλοῖα small craft, Id.7.36; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, Id.8.107; “λ. κλιμάκια” Ar.Pax69; “τὸ -ότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος” Plu.Cic.29; “λ. χαλκός” OGI485.12 (Magn. Mae.): without χαλκός, Inscr.Perg.374 D7; “ἀργύριον Ῥόδιον λ.” CIG2693e5 (Mylasa), cf. TAM2(1).15 (Telmessus); v. infr. 111.2. Adv. -τῶς, ζῆν poorly, meanly, Men.Mon.682: neut. pl. as Adv., “λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις” E.Or.224.
7. light, slight, “λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος . . ῥιπαῖσι” A. Ag.892; λ. πνοαί light breezes, E.IA813; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, S.Fr.555.
8. of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, Ar.Lys.1206; “λ. κύλικες” Pherecr.143.5 (but f.l.): neut. pl. as Adv., λ. τῖλαι 'pluck into small pieces', Theoc.3.21.
9. of liquids, thin, “γάλα” Hp.Vict.2.46; “λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν” Id.Coac.310; λ. οἶνος light wine, Luc.Merc.Cond.18; also of food, “λ. δίαιται” Hp.Aph.1.4; “λ. ὀψάρια” OGI484.16 (Pergam.). Adv. -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν, Gal. 19.191, Paul.Aeg.3.43.
10. = λεπτομερής, consisting of fine parts, “ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος” Arist.Ph.215b4, cf. Cael.303b26, al.
II. metaph., subtle, refined, “νοῦς” E.Med.529; -ότεροι μῦθοι ib.1082 (anap.); -“ότατοι λῆροι” Ar.Nu.359; “πυκνῇ . . λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί” Id.Ach.445; “λ. λογιστά” Id.Av.318; “λ. καὶ ἀκριβής” Antipho 3.4.2; “ἐς τὰς τέχνας παχέες, οὐ λεπτοί” Hp.Aër.24; “λόγοι λ. . . τρέφουσ᾽ ἐκείνους” Alex.220.8; cf. λεπτολόγος. Adv. -“τῶς, μεριμνᾶν” Lyr.Adesp.135; “λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν” Amphis 33.5: Comp. -οτέρως Anaxandr.36: also “κατὰ λεπτόν” in detail, PPetr.2p.118 (iii B.C.), Cic.Att.2.18.2, Phryn. PS p.83 B., Phot. s.v. νιφετός; cf. κατάλεπτον, καταλεπτολογέω: τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν, title of poems by Aratus, Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat.p.79 M., Str.10.5.3; also of minor poems of Virgil; τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις, perh. small pores, Gal.15.201.
2. rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, Arist.HA545a7, Lyc.687; “ἁρμονία” E.Fr.773.23 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., “λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν” Ar.Av.235 (lyr.); of sound, “λ. ὑποτρύζουσα” AP11.352.5 (Agath.); cf. λεπταλέος.
3. of smell, Pl.Ti.66e (Comp.).
4. of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, Plb.24.7.3; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, prov. of poor people, Hsch.; “λεπτὰ ξαίνεις” Suid.
3. (sc. κεράμιον) jar, POxy.920.4 (ii/iii A.D.), PStrassb.40.48 (vi A.D.); cf. λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς.
