προλεπτύνω

προλεπτύνω,

• make thin, reduce beforehand, τοὺς τράγους Arist. GA 726a1, cf. Gal. 6.90:—Pass., to be made or become thin, Pl. Ti. 66a, Arist. HA 513a14; of diseases, to be reduced, mitigated, Ruf. Fr. 72.