lithe

• adj.軽い（lithesomeと同じ）；柔らかい；曲げやすい

PIE*lentの「曲げる」が語源で、語源的にはlindenの「relent」と同じ。さらにPIE*leの「緩める、解放する」が語源で、語源的にはletの「lenient」と同じ。

lithe (adj.)

Old English liee "soft, mild, gentle, meek," from Proto-Germanic *linthja- (cognates: Old Saxon lithi "soft, mild, gentle," Old High German lindi, German lind, Old Norse linr, with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in English), from PIE root *lent- "flexible" (cognates: Latin lentus "flexible, pliant, slow," Sanskrit lithi). In Middle English, used of the weather. Current sense of "easily flexible" is from c. 1300. Related: Litheness.

1. His walk was lithe and graceful.

彼は軽やかで優雅な歩き方をしている。

2.The leopard is sleek,long and lithe .

ヒョウはスレンダーで、毛切れが明るく、柔軟で軽い。

3.He stretched his lean， lithe body.

彼は彼のやせた、柔軟な肢体を伸ばした。

4.He was lithe ; that was the word she had thought of while watching him.

彼はとても軽やかで、彼女が彼を眺めていた時に思ったのはこの言葉だった。dd>

-廊橋遺夢

5.I was received by a tall， lithe ，vibrant woman in her 70 's，white-haired，and still beautiful.

私に会ったのは長身でしなやかで生き生きとしたおばあさんで、70代で白髪だらけで、依然として清楚で美しい。