of, like nails, that scales off from nails
of or like nails, ἡ. λεπίς iron that scales off from nails, Dsc. 5.78, Aët. 2.58.
The corpus record
ἡλῖτις
elitis · ἡ
of, like nails, that scales off from nails
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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