λέπος

λέπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.pos/ → /ˈle.pos/ → /ˈle.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pos/

Noun

λέπος • (lépos) n (genitive λέπεος); third declension

1. rind, husk, scale

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λέπος; τοῦ λέπεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέπος tò lépos	τὼ λέπεε tṑ lépee	τᾰ̀ λέπεᾰ tà lépea
Genitive	τοῦ λέπεος toû lépeos	τοῖν λεπέοιν toîn lepéoin	τῶν λεπέων tôn lepéōn
Dative	τῷ λέπεῐ̈ tôi lépeï	τοῖν λεπέοιν toîn lepéoin	τοῖς λέπεσῐ / λέπεσῐν toîs lépesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λέπος tò lépos	τὼ λέπεε tṑ lépee	τᾰ̀ λέπεᾰ tà lépea
Vocative	λέπος lépos	λέπεε lépee	λέπεᾰ lépea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λέπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette