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LET 5-
satis ? " Tha mo tear agam." C. S. I have got
enough. Accepi quantum volui.
Leòh, adj. Enough, sufficient : satis. " Is tear e."
Gen. xlv. 28. It is enough. Satis est. " Gu
leòr," adv. Enough : satis. " Ghabh sibh còmh-
nuidh fada gu tear 's an t-sliabh so. I>euf. i. 6.
Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount. Ha-
bitavistis satis diù in raonte hoc. /r. (So leojt.
Retained sometimes in English song, " Galore."
' Leòr-ghniomh, -a, s. in. (Leòr, et Gniomh), Sa-
tisfaction: satisfactio. OB.
Leòis, gen. et pi of Leus, q. vide.
• Leòs, -eois, s. m. I. Light: lux. O'R. Vide
Leus. 2. A disclosure : patefactio. O'R. 3.
A blush : rubor. OR.
Leotha, comp. of Leathan. Protin. Vide Leithne,
et Leathan.
Leothaid, gen. of Leathad, q. vide.
Lesan, S. D. 189. pro fceis-san, vel Le, esan, q.
Leth, s. m. iiid. A half : dimidium. " Agus ghabh
Maois kth na fola, agus chuir e ann an cuachaibh
i ; agus leth na fola chrath e air an altair." Ecs.
xxiv. I. And Moses took the half of the blood,
and put it in basons ; and half of the blood, he
sprinkled on the altar. Et accepit Mosches dimidi-
um sanguinis, et posuit eum in crateribus ; et dimi-
dium sparsit super altare. " As leth," vel " A
\eth" prep. impr. In behalf of, for the sake of :
vice, loco, causa. " a leth chloinn Israeli." Ecs.
xxvii. 21. In behalf of the children of Israel.
Causa filiorum Israelis. Used substantively with
possessive pronouns. " As an leth-san aig am
bheil cridhe iomlan." 2 Eaclidr. xvi. 9. In behalf
of them whose heart is perfect. Erga eos, quorum
est animus integer. " Cuir a leth." 1. Lay to
one's charge, or account : objice alicui, vel accusa
aUquem. " Na cuir fuil fieochiontach a leth do
shluaigh Israeli." Deut. xxi. 8. Lay not innocent
blood unto tliy people of Israel's charge. Ne re-
putes sanguinem innoxium in medio populi tui
Israelis. 2. Judge : judica. Poet. " Cuir as mo
kth." Ross. Salm. vii. 8. Judge me. " Fa leth,"
adv. poet. Severally, individually : singulatim.
" fce coir do 'n t-sluagh_^ teth."
Salm. ix. 8.
With justice to the people individually. Cum jus-
titia populo singulatim. " Air leth," adv. Apart,
separately : separatim, per se. " 'Seachd laithean
cuirear air leth i." Lebh.w. 19. Seven days she shall
be put apart. Septem dies erit separatim, i. e. sepa-
rabitur. " Ni air leth." C. S. A remarkable thing :
res mira, egregia. " Gu leth." lit. to a half; i. e.
one half more, of any specified measure : lU. ad di-
midium ; i. e. dimidium mensura cujusvis ante
dictae. " Da làmh-choille gu leth, a fad, agus
lamh-choille gu kth, a leud." Ecs. xxv. 10. Two
cubits and a half its length ; and a cubit and a
half its breadth. Duo cubiti cum dimidio sua
longitudo, et sesquicubitus latitudo ejus. " Leth
mar leth. C. S. Half and half, of equal parts :
dimidiatim.
LET
Leth-ainm, -e, -ean, s.m. (Leth, et Ainm), A nick-
name : nomen contumeliosum. C. S.
Leth-ainmeach, -eiche, axlj. (Leth-ainm), Given
to nicknaming : nomina contumeliosa imponendo
proclivis. C. S.
Letii-aon, -agin, -an, s. m. (Leth, et Aon), A
twin, twin-child : geminorum alter. Gen. xxv.
24.
LETH-BHLiADH>fA, s.f. (Leth, et Bhadhna), Haifa
year : anni dimidium. C. S.
Leth-biiodach, -aich, *. m. (Leth, et Bodach),
Half a mutchkin, a liquid measure, peculiar to
Scotland : Uquorum mensura, Anglis ignota. Vide
Bodach.
Leth-bhreac, -ic, s. m. (Leth, et Breac), An equal,
a fellow, one of a pair : socius, comes, par, similis
alii quis, unus ex paribus. " Cha d'fhuair e riamh
a leth-bhreac." C. S. He never got his equal.
Nunquam adeptus est suum parem.
Leth-bhheth, ) -E, *./. (Leth, et Breith), Partia-
Leth-bhreith, j lity, respect of persons, unfair-
ness of decision : iniquitas, studium, vel cupiditas
partium, inter judicandum. " Ach ma iii sibh leth-
bhreth air daoinibh, tha sibh a' deanamh peacaidh."
Sevm. ii. 9. But if ye have respect of persons, ye
commit sin. Sin vero personam respicitis, pecca-
lE, adj. (Leth-bhreth),
Partial, unfair, unjust : iniquus, injustus.
feii- mar nach do choimhid sibh mo shligheanna,
ach gu 'n robh sibh hOi-hhreitheach anns an lagh."
Mai. ii. 9. According as ye have not kept ray
ways, but have been partial in the law. Prout
vos non observavistis meas vias, sed quod fuistis
iniqui in lege.
Leth-bhruich, -e, adj. (Leth, et Bruich), Parboil-
ed : semicoctus, subcrudus. Macf. V.
Leth-bhruich, -idh, i, v. a. (Leth, et Bruich),
Parboil : leviter coque. Ma^f. V.
Leth-char, adj. (Leth, et Car), Somewhat, in some
measure : ad modum aliquem, ad certum modum.
" Tha mi leth-c/iar toileach." Provin. I am some-
what willing. Sum nonnihil volens.
Leth-chas, I -Ais, -an, s. f. (Leth, et Cos, vel
Leth-chos, J" Cas, s.) One foot : alter pes. " Seas
air do teth-clios." C. S. Stand on thy one foot.
Sta super alterum tuum pedem.
Leth-cheann, -inn, s. m. (Leth, et Ceann), The
side of the head, one of the temples, the cheek :
capitis latus, gena, mala, tempus capitis. " Bhuail
i an tarrann 'h a kth-cheann." Breith. iv. 21. She
smote the nail into his temples. Defixit clavum
in tempora ejus.
Leth-cheannach, -aiche, adj. (Leth-cheann). 1.
Awkward: inhabilis. MSS. 2. Sheepish, bash-
ful : pudibundus, inhabiliter et false modestus.
C. S.
Leth-chearcal, -ail, -an, s. m. (Leth, et Cear-
cal), A semicircle : circuh dimidium. Macf. V.
Leth-chearclach, -aiche, adj. (Leth-chearcal),
Semicircular : semicircularis. C. S.
Leth-chliathaich, -e, -ean, s.f. (Leth, et Cliath-

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