Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεπιδόομαι

ο-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεπιδόομαι

Structure: λεπιδό (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: lepi/s

Sense

  1. to be covered with scales.

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Τὰ μὲν γὰρ διὰ σμικρότητα, τὰ δὲ διὰ τὸ ἐπ’ ἄκρου ἔχεσθαι, θᾶσσον ἀφίσταται‧ τὰ δὲ, διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀφίστασθαι, ἀλλὰ λεπιδοῦσθαι, καταξηρανθέντα, καὶ σαπρὰ γενόμενα‧ πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ, διαφέρει τι καὶ ἰητρείη ἰητρείησ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 34.3)

Synonyms

  1. to be covered with scales

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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