ΛΕΙΟΤΗΤΑ, λειοτητα
LEIOTĒTA, leiotēta
Sounds Like: lay-OH-tay-tah
Translations: smoothness, evenness, levelness
From the root: ΛΕΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being smooth, even, or level. It describes a surface or condition that lacks roughness or irregularities. It can be used to describe physical surfaces, or metaphorically to describe a state of calm or lack of difficulty.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:76
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 6:217
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΕΙΑΝ — smooth, level, plain, a smooth place
- ΛΕΙΑΣ — smooth, level, even, a smooth, a level, an even
- ΛΕΙΟΙ — smooth, level, flat, polished
- ΛΕΙΟΝ — smooth, level, plain, a smooth thing, a level thing, a plain thing
- ΛΕΙΟΣ — smooth, level, soft, plain
- ΛΕΙΟΤΑΤΟΥ — of the smoothest, of the very smooth
- ΛΕΙΩΣ — smooth, level, even, a smooth, a level
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