λεπρ-ός, ά, όν,
scaly, scabby, rough, of places, conjecture Coraës in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 13, 24, etc.; so βουνὸς λ. “Schwyzer” 289.169 (Priene, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκταὶ λ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 642 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Λ. ἀκτή as proper name, [[ 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II leprous, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.6.4, LXX.Lev.13.44 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]: as substantive, leper, [[NT.Mark.1.40, etc.] NT]; λ. ὄνυχες, probably psoriasis unguium, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 4, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.114] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λ., = λέπρα, ἡ, [[ LXX.4Ki.5.11 ] LXX]; ἱμάντας ἐκ λεπρῶν (i.e. δερμάτων, for the toughest leather, accusative to Scholia, was supposed to be made of mangy skins) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 724 (but Scholia prefers ἐκ Λεπρῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+], proper name of a “Tannery” outside the walls); λ. βαυβών [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.36. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]