LSJ
smaller, less, formed from ἐλαχύς (q.v.), but serving as Comp. to μικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον Il. 10.357; τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the worse, be worse off, πάντῃ Thgn. 269; οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ Hdt. 9.102; ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι D. 21.187; ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι Ar. Eq. 441, D. 3.29; οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν A. Pers. 813; ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for . ., Isoc. 11.11: abs., too small, Thphr. Char. 23.9; below the average in height, PLips. 1.9, etc.
1
in honour, honoured, opp. ἄτιμος, Pl. Euthd. 281c, etc.; τινί by another, S. El. 239 (lyr.), Ant. 25, etc.; παρά τινι Pl. Ti. 21e: c. dat. rei, honoured with, σπονδαῖς E. Or. 1688 (anap.); in office, Pl. R. 564d; of men of high rank in Persia, X. Cyr. 3.1.8, al.; opp. ἄδοξοι, D. 3.29; = ἐπίτιμος, Decr. ap. eund. 59.104.
II
make afresh, repair, restore, τὰ τείχη Th. 7.24; τὸν ναόν Inscr. ap. X. An. 5.3.13; τὰς τριήρεις And. 3.14, cf. Lys. Fr. 34; τὰς ὁδούς D. 3.29:— Med., πόλιν παλαιὰν ἐ. διεφθαρμένην Pl. Lg. 738b:— Pass., PPetr. 2pp. 34,62 (iii B.C.).
plaster with lime or stucco, D. 3.29, 23.208, IG 2(2).1672.107, 140, 179, Inscr.Magn. 100b.40, etc.:— Med., κ. τοὺς ἐγχελεῶνας have them plastered, Arist. HA 592a4:— Pass., Bito 55.9, Plu. Comp.Arist.Cat.Ma. 4, IG 7.2712.35 (Acraeph.); τάφοι κεκονιαμένοι Ev.Matt. 23.27.
whitewashed, ἐπάλξεις Ulp.ad D. 3.29.
trash, trumpery, of what is showy but useless, λήροις ἀναδῶν τοὺς νικῶντας Ar. Pl. 589; τραγικὸς λ. Id. Ra. 1005; λῆρόν τε τἄλλʼ ἡγεῖτο τοῦ γνῶναι πέρι φύσεις ποιητῶν no good as connoisseurs of poets, ib. 809; λ. πάντα πρὸς τὸ χρυσίον Antiph. 232.1, cf. X. An. 7.7.41; λ. εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ νόμισμα, φύσει δʼ οὐθέν mere trash, Arist. Pol. 1257b10; a mere trifle, Pl. Phd. 72c, Men. Epit. 60; λ. ἐστι τἄλλα πρὸς Κινησίαν thereʼs naught to compare with Cinesias, Ar. Lys. 860; οἱ ποιηταὶ λ. εἰσιν useless, futile, Xenarch. 7.1; ποιητῶν λ. Cratin. 306; ἐμὲ μὲν λ. ἡγεῖσθαι Pl. Chrm. 176a, cf. Tht. 176d, Luc. DMeretr. 10.3; λεπτοτάτων λ. ἱερεῦ Ar. Nu. 359; λῆροι καὶ παιδιαί, of flute-playing at banquets, Pl. Prt. 347d; λῆροι καὶ φλυαρίαι futile nonsense, Id. Hp.Ma. 304b; ὁδοὺς καὶ κρήνας καὶ λήρους D. 3.29; παροψίδες καὶ λῆρος side-dishes and suchlike trumpery, Alex. 261.5; παρεὶς λ. πολὺν ἀστακὸν ὠνοῦ Archestr. Fr. 24, cf. 35.7; as an exclamation, λῆρος nonsense! humbug! Ar. Pl. 23, cf. Eub. 41.8.