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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

  • τὰ δὲ καλούμενα δαρτὰ τὸ μὲν ὅλον ἐστὶν ὅσα τραχεῖαν ἔχει τὴν ἐπίφυσιν τοῦ δέρματοσ, οὐ λεπίσιν, ἀλλ’ οἱο͂ν ἔχουσιν αἱ βατίδεσ καὶ ῥῖναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 54 2:3)
  • τὰ γὰρ πάχη τῶν ἀψίδων ὑπῆρχε πηχῶν δυεῖν, σεσιδηρωμένα λεπίσιν ἰσχυραῖσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 91 3:2)
  • ἵδρυτο δὲ καὶ πρὸ τῆσ σκηνῆσ βωμὸσ χάλκεοσ ὑπόξυλοσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἑκάστην πλευρὰν πέντε πήχεσιν ἐκμεμετρημένοσ, τὸ δὲ ὕψοσ τρίπηχυσ, ὁμοίωσ τῷ χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένοσ, χαλκείαισ λεπίσιν ἐξησκημένοσ, δικτύῳ τὴν ἐσχάραν ἐμφερήσ· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 186:1)

Synonyms

  1. scale

  2. plate of metal

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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