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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

  • ἦ πάντα φύσει τὰ μαλάκια δύσριγα διὰ γυμνότητα τῆσ σαρκὸσ καὶ ψιλότητα, μήτ’ ὀστράκῳ μήτε δέρματι μήτε λεπίδι σκεπομένησ ἀλλ’ ἐντὸσ ἐχούσησ τὸ σκληρὸν καὶ ὀστεῶδεσ, διὸ καὶ κέκληται μαλάκια; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 18 1:1)
  • ταῦτα δὲ τὰ βρώματα ὅτι πολλῷ ἡδίω ἐστὶ τῶν παρὰ σοὶ περισπουδάστων κόττα καὶ λέπιδι,2 οἱ πειραθέντεσ ἴσασι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 88 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. scale

  2. plate of metal

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