λεπίς

Ancient Greek

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

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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεπῐ́ς hē lepís	τὼ λεπῐ́δε tṑ lepíde	αἱ λεπῐ́δες hai lepídes
Genitive	τῆς λεπῐ́δος tês lepídos	τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν toîn lepídoin	τῶν λεπῐ́δων tôn lepídōn
Dative	τῇ λεπῐ́δῐ têi lepídi	τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν toîn lepídoin	ταῖς λεπῐ́σῐ / λεπῐ́σῐν taîs lepísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λεπῐ́δᾰ tḕn lepída	τὼ λεπῐ́δε tṑ lepíde	τᾱ̀ς λεπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lepídas
Vocative	λεπῐ́ς lepís	λεπῐ́δε lepíde	λεπῐ́δες lepídes
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 *-ds.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέπω (> DER > A > 3. λέπος > other denominatives: λεπίζω (to λέπος or λεπίς))”, 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

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