λεπτότης

λεπτότης, ητος, ἡ, (λεπτός)

• thinness, opp. παχύτης, Hp. VC 2.
• • • 2 fineness, delicacy, opp. πάχος, Pl. R. 523e, al.; of soil, Arr. Tact. 34.1; of the air, tenuity, Pl. Ti. 58b, Arist. Cael. 303b24, cf. Ph. 215b28: in pl., opp. πάχη, Id. HA 507b26; of the εἴδωλα, Epicur. Ep. 1 p.10 U.
    • 3 thinness, meagreness, of body, Pl. Lg. 646b.
  • II metaph., subtlety, τῶν φρενῶν Ar. Nu. 153, cf. Luc. Bis Acc. 2.

λεπτότης -ητος, ἡ [λεπτός] subtlety Hp. V.C. 2 etc. | fig. τῶν φρενῶν of the mind, of the spirit Aristoph. Nub. 153 Luc. Bis acc. 2 ‖ fineness, delicacy Plat. Rp. 523c, al. ‖ lightness, of the air Plat. Tim. 58b Aristot. Cael. 303b 24, al. | immateriality, of the soul Clem. Str. 6.6.52.1 ‖ fragility, slenderness, thinness of the body and its parts Plat. Leg. 646b Aristot. G.A. 749b 34 ‖ rhet. delicacy, fineness of style Dion. Isocr. 3.6 etc.

λεπτότης, ητος, ἡ, Dünnheit, Schmächtigkeit, Magerkeit, Ggstz πάχος, Plat. Tim. 85c u. öfter ; Arist. H.A. 2.17 ; σώματος λεπτότητα καὶ αἶσχος Plat. Legg. I.646b ; von Kleidern, Feinheit, καὶ μαλακότης DS. 5.46.
Uebertr., Feinheit im Denken, Scharfsinn, τῶν φρενῶν Ar. Nub. 153 ; σχεδὸν ἀνέφικτα ὑπὸ λεπτότητος Luc. bis accus. 2.

λεπτότης, ητος, λεπτός

• • • 1thinness: fineness, delicacy, leanness, Plat.
    • 2metaph. subtlety, Ar.