λεπ-ίζω,
(λέπος) peel off the husk, skin or bark, mostly in passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.10 (codices 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.2.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 830a15 (assuming variant), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 88.45, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the tongue, [[ 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.40 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]:—active in [[ LXX.Gen.30.37, +others ] LXX]
__II (λεπίς) strip an object of its covering of metal plates, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.4.7, 10.27.11 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]