λεῖος

Ancient Greek

From an older form *λεῖϝος (*leîwos), itself from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁y-u- (“smooth”) and cognate to Latin lēvis (“smooth”).^[1]

λεῖος • (leîos) m (feminine λείᾱ, neuter λεῖον); first/second declension

smooth to the touch
Synonyms: λισσός (lissós), ψῑλός (psīlós)

Antonym: τραχύς (trakhús)
smooth, plain, not embroidered (of cloths)
level, even, flat (of places or of the sea)
glabrous, hairless
(figuratively) smooth, soft (of sound, of taste)
rubbed or ground down

First and second declension of λεῖος; λείᾱ; λεῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λεῖος leîos	λείᾱ leíā	λεῖον leîon	λείω leíō	λείᾱ leíā	λείω leíō	λεῖοι leîoi	λεῖαι leîai	λεῖᾰ leîa
Genitive	λείου leíou	λείᾱς leíās	λείου leíou	λείοιν leíoin	λείαιν leíain	λείοιν leíoin	λείων leíōn	λείων leíōn	λείων leíōn
Dative	λείῳ leíōi	λείᾳ leíāi	λείῳ leíōi	λείοιν leíoin	λείαιν leíain	λείοιν leíoin	λείοις leíois	λείαις leíais	λείοις leíois
Accusative	λεῖον leîon	λείᾱν leíān	λεῖον leîon	λείω leíō	λείᾱ leíā	λείω leíō	λείους leíous	λείᾱς leíās	λεῖᾰ leîa
Vocative	λεῖε leîe	λείᾱ leíā	λεῖον leîon	λείω leíō	λείᾱ leíā	λείω leíō	λεῖοι leîoi	λεῖαι leîai	λεῖᾰ leîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λείως leíōs			λειότερος leióteros			λειότᾰτος leiótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λεῖος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 844