"λεπίς" meaning in All languages combined

See λεπίς on Wiktionary

Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /le.pís/, /leˈpis/, /leˈpis/, /le.pís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /leˈpis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /leˈpis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /leˈpis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /leˈpis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|λέπω|-ῐς|pos2=feminine suffix|t1=to peel}} λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λεπῐ́δος|f|third|head=λεπῐ́ς}} λεπῐ́ς • (lepĭ́s) f (genitive λεπῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λεπῐ́ς|λεπῐδός|form=F}} Forms: λεπῐ́ς [canonical], lepĭ́s [romanization], λεπῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ λεπῐ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ λεπῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ λεπῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς λεπῐ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λεπῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ λεπῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λεπῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], λεπῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs lepĭ́sĭ [dative, plural], taîs lepĭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὴν λεπῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ λεπῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λεπῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], λεπῐ́ς [singular, vocative], λεπῐ́δε [dual, vocative], λεπῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. scale, flake, shell, husk
    Sense id: en-λεπίς-grc-noun-tohY8FPp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 53 23 12 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 52 24 12 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις: 53 23 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 17 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 8 8 8
  2. epithelial debris
    Sense id: en-λεπίς-grc-noun-~UcjXKK~
  3. plate of metal
    Sense id: en-λεπίς-grc-noun-q~zr2f9Q
  4. blade of a saw
    Sense id: en-λεπίς-grc-noun-VpMYjU7P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lepidōtós",
      "word": "λεπιδωτός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λεπίδα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λεπίδα (lepída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λεπίδα (lepída)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Grammicolepis",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Grammicolepis",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lepidoptera",
            "2": "order"
          },
          "expansion": "Lepidoptera",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: acrolepis, Grammicolepis, Lepidoptera"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λέπω",
        "3": "-ῐς",
        "pos2": "feminine suffix",
        "t1": "to peel"
      },
      "expansion": "λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lepĭ́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λεπῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē lepĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λεπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ lepĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λεπῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai lepĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λεπῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês lepĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lepĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λεπῐ́δων",
      "roman": "tôn lepĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λεπῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi lepĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lepĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λεπῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lepĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lepĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λεπῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn lepĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λεπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ lepĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λεπῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s lepĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́ς",
      "roman": "lepĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lepĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́δες",
      "roman": "lepĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεπῐ́δος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "λεπῐ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "λεπῐ́ς • (lepĭ́s) f (genitive λεπῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεπῐ́ς",
        "2": "λεπῐδός",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 23 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 24 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 23 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 17 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 8 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scale, flake, shell, husk"
      ],
      "id": "en-λεπίς-grc-noun-tohY8FPp",
      "links": [
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "flake",
          "flake"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ],
        [
          "husk",
          "husk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "epithelial debris"
      ],
      "id": "en-λεπίς-grc-noun-~UcjXKK~",
      "links": [
        [
          "epithelial",
          "epithelial"
        ],
        [
          "debris",
          "debris"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "plate of metal"
      ],
      "id": "en-λεπίς-grc-noun-q~zr2f9Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blade of a saw"
      ],
      "id": "en-λεπίς-grc-noun-VpMYjU7P",
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "saw",
          "saw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/le.pís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.pís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λεπίς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "lepidōtós",
      "word": "λεπιδωτός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λεπίδα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λεπίδα (lepída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λεπίδα (lepída)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Grammicolepis",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Grammicolepis",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lepidoptera",
            "2": "order"
          },
          "expansion": "Lepidoptera",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: acrolepis, Grammicolepis, Lepidoptera"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λέπω",
        "3": "-ῐς",
        "pos2": "feminine suffix",
        "t1": "to peel"
      },
      "expansion": "λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lepĭ́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λεπῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē lepĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λεπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ lepĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λεπῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai lepĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λεπῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês lepĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lepĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λεπῐ́δων",
      "roman": "tôn lepĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λεπῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi lepĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεπῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lepĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λεπῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lepĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lepĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λεπῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn lepĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λεπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ lepĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λεπῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s lepĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́ς",
      "roman": "lepĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lepĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεπῐ́δες",
      "roman": "lepĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεπῐ́δος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "λεπῐ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "λεπῐ́ς • (lepĭ́s) f (genitive λεπῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεπῐ́ς",
        "2": "λεπῐδός",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scale, flake, shell, husk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "flake",
          "flake"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ],
        [
          "husk",
          "husk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "epithelial debris"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "epithelial",
          "epithelial"
        ],
        [
          "debris",
          "debris"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "plate of metal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blade of a saw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "saw",
          "saw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/le.pís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.pís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈpis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λεπίς"
}

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