smooth

Greek Adjective

λεῖος, -εία, -εῖον [in LXX: Gen.27:11, 1Ki.17:40 R (חָלַק, חַלֻּק); ὁδὸς λ, Isa.40:4 Α (בִּקְעָה); Pro.2:20 12:13 26:23 *;] smooth: opposite to τραχύς, Luk.3:5 (LXX). (AS)

smooth

Greek Adjective

λεῖος, α, ον, smooth to the touch, [αἴγειρος] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χῆμαι, χηραμβίς, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of cloths, smooth, plain, not embroidered, ὑφαντά τε καὶ λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεῖα ἐκπεποιημένα worked smooth, of marble, [Refs] unsculptured, Ἀθήνης ἕδος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of plate, unembossed, φιάλαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 2) in [Refs 8th c.BC+], chiefly of level places or countries, λεῖος δ᾽ ἱππόδρομος ἀμφίς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν λείῳ πεδίῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. ἄροσις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λεῖα δ᾽ ἐποίησεν made a smooth place, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. θάλασσα a smooth sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. βάσεις flat feet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2.b) with genitive, χῶρος. λεῖος πετράων smooth (i.e. free) from rocks, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) smoothskinned, without hair, of animals, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; especially of youths, smooth-chinned, beardless (compare λείαξ), [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, of fish, smooth, ἱππίδια [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λεπιδωτοί, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [γαλεός] the smooth shark, Mustelus laevis,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείη ὑπόστασις a smooth or uniform sediment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 4) metaphorically, smooth, soft, πνεῦμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sound of the voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the taste, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὸ] ἥμερόν τε καὶ λ. [τοῦ ἤθους] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. πάθημα, opposed to τραχύ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. κίνησις, Cyrenaic phrase for ἡδονή, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὡς -οτέρου ἐλέους ὑπάρξοντος (sed to be read τελειοτέρου) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ λ, ={λειότης, τῆς ἑρμηνείας} [Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb λείως smoothly, gently, [Refs 6th c.BC+] II) rubbed or ground down, [Refs 1st c.AD+], fine sand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Prob. λειϝος, cf. Latin lēvis.)

Greek

Adjective

smooth, i.e. "level"; smooth; apparently a primary word