Strong G3016λεπτός
coin
- Transliteration
- lepton
- Pronunciation
- lep-ton'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a derivative of the same as G3013; something scaled (light) that is a small coin: - mite.
Detailed definition
λεπτός, -ή, -όν
(λέπω, to peel),
1. peeled.
2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mrk.12:42, Luk.12:59 21:2.†
(AS)
(λέπω, to peel),
1. peeled.
2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mrk.12:42, Luk.12:59 21:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3016 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mite3
- the1
First verses
- Mark 12:42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
- Luke 12:59I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
- Luke 21:2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λεπτός, ή, όν,
(λέπω) rare in literal sense, peeled, husked, ῥίμφα τε λέπτ᾽ ἐγένοντο, of barley being threshed out, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.497.)]
2 fine, small, κονίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.506; κόνις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 256; τέφρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 177; λεπτοῖς ἁλσί 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187.5: frequently in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, διατρήσεις λ. “Loc.Hom.” 10, +others)]; of soil, light, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.1.)]
3 thin, fine, delicate, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], mostly of garments and the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (like, ὀθόναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.595)]; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.97, 10.544; ἀράχνια 8.280; μήρινθος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.854; - ότατος χαλκός 20.275; ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος “BCH” 35.286 (Delos, 2nd c.BC))]; ῥινὸς βοός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.276 (_superlative_))]; δέρμα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 517b27 (_superlative_))]; τρίχες [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 783a4 (_comparative_))]; σάρξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1189; χαλκὸς καὶ δόνακες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.25, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 949, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.)]; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.36.)]
4 of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39)]; opposed to παχύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8 (_comparative_))]; ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 539; σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 122.4; λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 26.5, compare 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 10; λ. χείρ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 497; στῆθος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1018 (_anapaest meter_); τράχηλος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.30; λεπτὸς [ἐκ] τοῖν σκελοῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 2; λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134b)]; of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.11)]; also, slender, taper (opposed to παχύς), δάκτυλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523d)]; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 6.)]
5 of space, strait, narrow, εἰσίθμη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.264; ἀταρπός 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 81)]; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.46, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.6; οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν.. ὁδόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.964c (cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.6).)]
6 generally, small, weak, impotent, λεπτὴ μῆτις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.226, 23.590; ἐλπίς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1244, compare ὀχέω 11.3; ἀσφάλεια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.20)]; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5)]; λ. οὖας, of a child's ear, tiny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.14)]; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137)]; λ. πλοῖα small craft, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.36)]; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.107; λ. κλιμάκια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 69; τὸ -ότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 29; λ. χαλκός “OGI” 485.12 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae.): without χαλκός, “Inscription Perg.” 374 D 7; ἀργύριον Ῥόδιον λ. “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2693e5 (from Mylasa), compare “TAM” 2(1).15 (from Telmessus))]; see below 111.2. adverb -τῶς, ζῆν poorly, meanly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 682)]: neuter plural as adverb, λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 224.)]
7 light, slight, λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος.. ῥιπαῖσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 892)]; λ. πνοαί light breezes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 813)]; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 555.)]
8 of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1206; λ. κύλικες 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.5 (but _falsa lectio_): _neuter_ _plural_ as)] adverb, λ. τῖλαι 'pluck into small pieces', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.21.)]
9 of liquids, thin, γάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.46; λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν [prev. author] “Coac.” 310)]; λ. οἶνος light wine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 18)]; also of food, λ. δίαιται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4; λ. ὀψάρια “OGI” 484.16 (Pergam.).)] adverb -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.191, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.43.)]
10 ={λεπτομερής}, consisting of fine parts, ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 215b4, compare “Cael.” 303b26, +others)]
II metaphorically, subtle, refined, νοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 529; -ότεροι μῦθοι [prev. work] 1082 (_anapaest meter_))]; - ότατοι λῆροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 359; πυκνῇ.. λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί [prev. author] “Ach.” 445; λ. λογιστά [prev. author] “Av.” 318; λ. καὶ ἀκριβής 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.2; ἐς τὰς τέχνας παχέες, οὐ λεπτοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24; λόγοι λ... τρέφουσ᾽ ἐκείνους 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 220.8)]; compare λεπτολόγος. adverb - τῶς, μεριμνᾶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Lyrica Adespota” 135; λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 33.5)]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 36: also κατὰ λεπτόν)]in detail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (PPetr. 2p.118 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.18.2, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.83 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)] see at {νιφετός}; compare κατάλεπτον, καταλεπτολογέω: τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν, title of poems by Aratus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus “Introductio in Aratum” p.79 M., 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.3)]; also of minor poems of Virgil; τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις, perhaps small pores, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.201.)]
II.2 rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545a7, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 687; ἁρμονία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 773.23 (Lyric poetry))]: neuter as adverb, λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 235 (Lyric poetry))]; of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.352.5 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; compare λεπταλέος.
II.3 of smell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 66e (_comparative_).)]
II.4 of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.7.3)]; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, proverbial of poor people, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; λεπτὰ ξαίνεις 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
III substantive λεπτόν (i.e. ἔντερον), τό, the small intestine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 311, 449.)]
III.2 (i.e. νόμισμα) a very small coin, [NT (NT.Luke.21.2)], Phot. see at {ὀβολός}; compare#1.6.
III.3 (i.e. κεράμιον) jar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 920.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD), “PStrassb.” 40.48 (6th c.AD))]; compare λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς.
III.4 Astron. (i.e. ἑξηκοστόν), division of a degree, πρῶτα λεπτά, = minutes, δεύτερα λ., = seconds, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 18.11, 18)]; λεπτά alone, = minutes, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PLond. 1.98r.47 (1st-2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1476 (3rd c.AD).)]
(λέπω) rare in literal sense, peeled, husked, ῥίμφα τε λέπτ᾽ ἐγένοντο, of barley being threshed out, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.497.)]
2 fine, small, κονίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.506; κόνις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 256; τέφρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 177; λεπτοῖς ἁλσί 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187.5: frequently in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, διατρήσεις λ. “Loc.Hom.” 10, +others)]; of soil, light, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.1.)]
3 thin, fine, delicate, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], mostly of garments and the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (like, ὀθόναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.595)]; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.97, 10.544; ἀράχνια 8.280; μήρινθος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.854; - ότατος χαλκός 20.275; ἔβενος, ἐλέφας, σίδηρος “BCH” 35.286 (Delos, 2nd c.BC))]; ῥινὸς βοός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.276 (_superlative_))]; δέρμα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 517b27 (_superlative_))]; τρίχες [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 783a4 (_comparative_))]; σάρξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1189; χαλκὸς καὶ δόνακες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.25, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 949, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.)]; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.36.)]
4 of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39)]; opposed to παχύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8 (_comparative_))]; ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 539; σοφιστῶν λεπτῶν, ἀσίτων 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 122.4; λ. καὶ αὐχμῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 26.5, compare 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 10; λ. χείρ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 497; στῆθος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1018 (_anapaest meter_); τράχηλος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.30; λεπτὸς [ἐκ] τοῖν σκελοῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 2; λ. ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134b)]; of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.11)]; also, slender, taper (opposed to παχύς), δάκτυλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523d)]; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 6.)]
5 of space, strait, narrow, εἰσίθμη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.264; ἀταρπός 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 81)]; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.46, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.6; οὔτε εὐρεῖαν οὔτε λεπτὴν.. ὁδόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.964c (cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.6).)]
6 generally, small, weak, impotent, λεπτὴ μῆτις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.226, 23.590; ἐλπίς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1244, compare ὀχέω 11.3; ἀσφάλεια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.20)]; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5)]; λ. οὖας, of a child's ear, tiny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.14)]; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137)]; λ. πλοῖα small craft, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.36)]; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.107; λ. κλιμάκια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 69; τὸ -ότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 29; λ. χαλκός “OGI” 485.12 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae.): without χαλκός, “Inscription Perg.” 374 D 7; ἀργύριον Ῥόδιον λ. “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2693e5 (from Mylasa), compare “TAM” 2(1).15 (from Telmessus))]; see below 111.2. adverb -τῶς, ζῆν poorly, meanly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 682)]: neuter plural as adverb, λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 224.)]
7 light, slight, λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος.. ῥιπαῖσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 892)]; λ. πνοαί light breezes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 813)]; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 555.)]
8 of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1206; λ. κύλικες 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.5 (but _falsa lectio_): _neuter_ _plural_ as)] adverb, λ. τῖλαι 'pluck into small pieces', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.21.)]
9 of liquids, thin, γάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.46; λεπτὰ ἀνεμέειν [prev. author] “Coac.” 310)]; λ. οἶνος light wine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 18)]; also of food, λ. δίαιται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4; λ. ὀψάρια “OGI” 484.16 (Pergam.).)] adverb -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.191, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.43.)]
10 ={λεπτομερής}, consisting of fine parts, ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 215b4, compare “Cael.” 303b26, +others)]
II metaphorically, subtle, refined, νοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 529; -ότεροι μῦθοι [prev. work] 1082 (_anapaest meter_))]; - ότατοι λῆροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 359; πυκνῇ.. λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί [prev. author] “Ach.” 445; λ. λογιστά [prev. author] “Av.” 318; λ. καὶ ἀκριβής 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.2; ἐς τὰς τέχνας παχέες, οὐ λεπτοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24; λόγοι λ... τρέφουσ᾽ ἐκείνους 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 220.8)]; compare λεπτολόγος. adverb - τῶς, μεριμνᾶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Lyrica Adespota” 135; λ. καὶ πυκνῶς ἐξετάζειν 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 33.5)]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 36: also κατὰ λεπτόν)]in detail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (PPetr. 2p.118 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.18.2, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.83 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)] see at {νιφετός}; compare κατάλεπτον, καταλεπτολογέω: τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν, title of poems by Aratus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus “Introductio in Aratum” p.79 M., 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.3)]; also of minor poems of Virgil; τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις, perhaps small pores, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.201.)]
II.2 rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545a7, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 687; ἁρμονία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 773.23 (Lyric poetry))]: neuter as adverb, λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 235 (Lyric poetry))]; of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.352.5 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; compare λεπταλέος.
II.3 of smell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 66e (_comparative_).)]
II.4 of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.7.3)]; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, proverbial of poor people, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; λεπτὰ ξαίνεις 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
III substantive λεπτόν (i.e. ἔντερον), τό, the small intestine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 311, 449.)]
III.2 (i.e. νόμισμα) a very small coin, [NT (NT.Luke.21.2)], Phot. see at {ὀβολός}; compare#1.6.
III.3 (i.e. κεράμιον) jar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 920.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD), “PStrassb.” 40.48 (6th c.AD))]; compare λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς.
III.4 Astron. (i.e. ἑξηκοστόν), division of a degree, πρῶτα λεπτά, = minutes, δεύτερα λ., = seconds, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 18.11, 18)]; λεπτά alone, = minutes, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PLond. 1.98r.47 (1st-2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1476 (3rd c.AD).)]