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λεπίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεπίς λεπίδος

Structure: λεπιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: le/pw

Sense

  1. scale, flake, shell, husk
  2. epithelial debris
  3. plate of metal
  4. blade of a saw

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λεπίς λεπίδε λεπίδες
Genitive λεπίδος λεπίδοιν λεπίδων
Dative λεπίδι λεπίδοιν λεπίσιν*
Accusative λεπίδα λεπίδε λεπίδας
Vocative λεπί λεπίδε λεπίδες

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

  • ὅτι ἡγίασαν τὰ πυρεῖα τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν τούτων ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ αὐτῶν. καὶ ποίησον αὐτὰ λεπίδασ ἐλατὰσ περίθεμα τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ, ὅτι προσηνέχθησαν ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἡγιάσθησαν καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰσ σημεῖον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 17:3)
  • Ἢν αἷμα καὶ πῦον οὐρέῃ καὶ λεπίδασ, καὶ ὀσμὴ βαρέη ᾖ, τῆσ κύστιοσ ἕλκωσιν σημαίνει. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 83.79)

Synonyms

  1. scale

  2. plate of metal

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