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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

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

  • Καὶ ταῦτα, ἃ φάγεσθε ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασι. πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτοῖσ πτερύγια καὶ λεπίδεσ ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασι καὶ ἐν ταῖσ θαλάσσαισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ χειμάρροισ, ταῦτα φάγεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:9)
  • καὶ πάντα ὅσα οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖσ πτερύγια, οὐδὲ λεπίδεσ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι, ἢ ἐν ταῖσ θαλάσσαισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ χειμάρροισ, ἀπὸ πάντων, ὧν ἐρεύγεται τὰ ὕδατα, καὶ ἀπὸ πάσησ ψυχῆσ τῆσ ζώσησ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι, βδέλυγμά ἐστι. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:10)
  • καὶ πάντα ὅσα οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖσ πτερύγια, οὐδὲ λεπίδεσ, τῶν ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασι, βδέλυγμα τοῦτό ἐστιν ὑμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:12)
  • 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)
  • καὶ ταῦτα φάγεσθε ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ ὕδατι. πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτοῖσ πτερύγια καὶ λεπίδεσ, φάγεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:9)
  • 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

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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