λεπίς

Ancient Greek

Perhaps from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).^[1]

λεπῐ́ς • (lepĭ́s) f (genitive λεπῐ́δος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεπῐ́ς hē lepĭ́s	τὼ λεπῐ́δε tṑ lepĭ́de	αἱ λεπῐ́δες hai lepĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς λεπῐ́δος tês lepĭ́dos	τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν toîn lepĭ́doin	τῶν λεπῐ́δων tôn lepĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ λεπῐ́δῐ tēî lepĭ́dĭ	τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν toîn lepĭ́doin	ταῖς λεπῐ́σῐ / λεπῐ́σῐν taîs lepĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λεπῐ́δᾰ tḕn lepĭ́dă	τὼ λεπῐ́δε tṑ lepĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς λεπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lepĭ́dăs
Vocative	λεπῐ́ lepĭ́	λεπῐ́δε lepĭ́de	λεπῐ́δες lepĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster -δς (-ds).

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λέπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 848-50: “DER > A > 3. λέπος > other denominatives: λεπίζω (to λέπος or λεπίς)”

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- egg-shell idem, page 263.
- scale idem, page 736.
- shell idem, page 764.
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