λεπ-ίς,ίδος,ἡ, (λέπω)
A. epithelial debris, Hp. Aph. 4.81 ;layerof the skull,PMed.in Arch.Pap. 4.270 ;ᾠοῦ λ.egg-shell, Sch. Ar. Pax 198 ;cupof a filbert, AP 6.22 (Zonas), 102 ( Phil. );coatof an onion, Sch. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 26 .
2. collectively,scalesof fish, λεπίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος
Hdt. 7.61
; ὃ ἐν ὄρνιθι πτερόν, τοῦτο ἐν ἰχθύϊ ἐστὶ λ.
Arist. HA 486b21
; opp.φολίς, ib. 490b23 , 517b5 ; also of serpents,v.l. in
Nic. Th. 154 , cf. Emp. 82 .
3. of other things,λ. χαλκοῦ flakesthat fly from copper in hammering, Dsc. 5.78 , 79 : abs., λεπίς
Hp. Mul. 1.63
.
4. plateof metal, Ph. Bel. 69.50 , Hero Aut. 12.2 , D.S. 20.91 , Plu. Phoc. 18 ; collectively, λ. σιδηρᾶ
BGU 544.8
(ii A.D.); of gold and silver, Plb. 10.27.10 ; λ. ἀργυρᾶ