λέπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lé.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈle.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈle.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.pos/
Noun
λέπος • (lépos) n (genitive λέπεος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λέπος tò lépos |
τὼ λέπεε tṑ lépee |
τᾰ̀ λέπεᾰ tằ lépeă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λέπεος toû lépeos |
τοῖν λεπέοιν toîn lepéoin |
τῶν λεπέων tôn lepéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λέπεῐ̈ tōî lépeĭ̈ |
τοῖν λεπέοιν toîn lepéoin |
τοῖς λέπεσῐ / λέπεσῐν toîs lépesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λέπος tò lépos |
τὼ λέπεε tṑ lépee |
τᾰ̀ λέπεᾰ tằ lépeă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λέπος lépos |
λέπεε lépee |
λέπεᾰ lépeă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λέπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λέπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette