λεαίνω

λεαίνω, also [full] λειαίνω, Sol.4.35, Nic.Th.95, Gp.4.12.13: [tense] fut.

A

λεᾰνῶ Arist.PA674b21

; [dialect] Ep.

λειᾰνέω Il.15.261

: [tense] aor. 1

ἐλέηνα Hdt.1.200

, Nic.Fr.70.15, -ᾱνα Arist.GA788b31,

ἐλείανα IG12.372E11

,373.174; [dialect] Ep. ἐλείηνα, λείηνα, Il.4.111, Od.8.260:—[voice] Med., Muson.Fr.18 B p.101 H.: [dialect] Ep.[tense] aor.

λειηνάμην Nic.Th.646

:—[voice] Pass., Pl.Plt.270e: [tense] aor.

ἐλεάνθην Dsc.3.158

, S.E.P.1.130; [dialect] Ion.subj.

λειανθέωσι Hp.Mul.2.168

; part.

λειανθείς Gp.11.13.2

, Philotim. ap. Orib.4.10.1: [tense] pf.inf.

λελειάνθαι Thphr.Fr.30.2

, Ph.2.510; part.

λελεασμένος Damocr.

ap. Gal.13.989, Dsc.5.75, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.6.2, Porph.Abst.4.7,

λελειασμένος Ph.1.302

:—smooth, polish, of a worker in horn or stone,

πᾶν δ' εὖ λειήνας Il.4.111

, cf. IGll.cc.; ἵπποισι κέλευθον πᾶσαν λειανέω I will smooth the way, Il.15.261;

λείηναν δὲ χορόν Od.8.260

,

λ. τὰ τραχυνθέντα Pl. Ti.66c

; λ. τὰ κηρία, of bees, Arist.HA625b19:—[voice] Pass.,

λεαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα Theopomp.Hist.195

.

2 triturate, pound in a mortar, Hdt.l.c.; grind down (of the teeth), X.Mem.1.4.6, Arist.Ph.198b26, HA501b31, Nic.Th.95, Ph.1.63:—[voice] Med., grind small, Nic.Th.646:— [voice] Pass., Philotim. ap. Orib. l.c.

b generally, crush, extirpate,

τὰ φυόμενα Hdt.4.122

.

3 smooth away,

τὰς τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδας Pl. Smp.191a

, cf. Plt.l.c. ([voice] Pass.): metaph., smooth or soften down,

τὸν Μαρδονίον λόγον Hdt.8.142

;

τὸ ἐπίχολον λ. τῷ ὕπνῳ Philostr.Im.2.11

; polish style, D.H.Comp.16: metaph., also, λ. τὴν κατάποσιν tickle the palate, Muson.l.c.;

τὴν ἀκοήν D.H.Comp.12

: abs., [ὁ χυλὸς] λεαίνει lubricates, soothes, Thphr.CP6.2.1.

II intr., to be smooth, Arist.Pr.936a15.