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λι_τός , ή, όν,
A.simple, inexpensive, frugal, “λιταὶ τράπεζαιPs.-Phoc.81; “οἱ λ. χυλοίEpicur.Ep.3p.63U.; “λ. βίοςMen.633, Crates Theb.10; “τροφὴ λιτοτάτηAth.5.191f; “λιτὴ δίαιταPlu.2.668f, cf. 125d, etc.; τὸ λ. τῆς διαίτης, κατὰ τὴν δίαιταν, Epicur.Fr.478, M.Ant.1.3; παρέξοδος (q.v.) -οτέρη Hp.Decent.8; “λ. χλαμύδιονMen.442; “τὰ ἱμάτια λ. καὶ σώφροναJul.Caes.317c; “μίτρη λιτὴ στυππείουMichel832.17 (Samos, iv B. C.); ὑποκεφάλαια δύο ἡμιτυβίου λιτά ib.l.23; [ἀσπίδας] χαλκᾶς λιτὰς δύο, opp. περίχρυσος μία, IG22.1491.31 (iv B. C.); ἅλα λιτὸν ἐπέσθων frugal salt, Call.Epigr.48; “λ. ὀξίςNicostr.Com.9 (cj. for λοιπή)“; λ. ὕδωρ πίνωνD.L.8.13; λ. χρίματα simple or plain unguents, Call. Lav.Pall.25; “λ. ταφήPhld.Mort.30; λ. ζωμός thin (chicken-) broth, Gal.12.295; of medicines, διὰ κωδυῶν λιτή (sc. δύναμις) Crito ap. Gal.13.38; “ διὰ μόρων λιτήArchig. ap. eund.12.973; “λ. ἔμπλαστροιAndrom. ap. eund.13.495, cf. 486; χάρτης λιτός, as a cargo, perh. cheap or coarse papyrus, Cat.Cod.Astr.1.104.28.
2. of persons, poor, λ. γενόμενος τοῖς ἔχουσι μὴ φθόνει dub. in Dionys.Com.10 ( = Dionys.Trag.8); frugal, “αὐτάρκεις καὶ λ.Plb.6.48.7; “κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ σίτησιν ἀφελὴς καὶ λ.Id.11.10.3; “λ. περὶ δίαιτανPlu.2.709b. Adv. -τῶς frugally, Sotad.Com.1.6, AP7.156 (Isid.); “λ. βιοῦνD.L. 6.105; “λ. καὶ σωφρόνως ζῆνEphor.149 J.; λαμπρῶς λ. ἐξενεχθέντας Phld.l.c.
II. metaph., of style, plain, simple, unadorned, Arist. Rh.1416b25, D.H.Th.23, al.
III. paltry, petty, small, “τάφοςAP 7.73 (Gemin.), cf. 7.18 (Antip.Thess.); of persons, opp. μέγας, Call. Ap.10; “πολισμάτιαPlb.32.8.3. Adv. -τῶς slightly, “ἡψημέναArtem. 1.70; “λ. ἑφθάDiocl.Fr.141; dub. sens. in Alc.Oxy.1788 Fr.2.11. [ι_, but ι^ late, “λι^τὰ δεῖπναNonn.D.17.59.]
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    • Callimachus, Epigrams, 48
    • Polybius, Histories, 11.10.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 32.8.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.48.7
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydide, 23
    • Marcus Aurelius, M. Antonius Imperator Ad Se Ipsum, 1.3
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