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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

  • μή, κατ’ οὐρὰν προσφερομένου τοῦ πνεύματοσ, ἡ λεπὶσ ἀναπτυσσομένη λυπῇ τὸ σῶμα γυμνούμενον καὶ διατραχυνόμενον ὅθεν ἀεὶ συνέχουσιν ἑαυτοὺσ ἀντιπρῴρουσ· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 28 3:2)
  • Μεταξὺ δὲ αὐτῆσ καὶ τῆσ τραπέζησ ἔνδον, ὡσ προεῖπον, θυμιατήριον ξύλινον μέν, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὰ πρότερα ἦν σκεύη μὴ σηπόμενα, στερεὰ δὲ περιελήλατ’ αὐτῷ λεπίσ, πηχυαῖον μὲν κατὰ πλευρὰν ἑκάστην τὸ πλάτοσ ὕψοσ δὲ διπλάσιον. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 184:1)

Synonyms

  1. scale

  2. plate of metal

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