The corpus record — Latin

lepra

lepra · f

the leprosy

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 50 · 1.26/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

lē^pra — Lewis & Short

lē^pra, ae, f., = le/pra,

I the leprosy.

I Sing. (late Lat.): plaga leprae, Vulg. Lev. 13, 9 al.; Scrib. Comp. 250; Juvenc. 1.—

II Plur.: leprae, ārum (class.): lepras sedare, Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48: curare, id. 20, 21, 86, § 234: emendare, id. 22, 25, 74, § 156: sanare, id. 32, 9, 31, § 97: tollere, id. 20, 17, 70, § 181.

In the wild

lepras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.12.p1
lepris Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.21.p1
lepras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.19.p9
lepras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.13.p5
lepras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.21.p4
lepras Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.9.p4

6 of 55 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lepra (scan p. 376; entry #5951).

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