1. λέπω · lepō — Beekes
The corpus record
λέπω
lepo
to peel (off)
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Where it lives
What it meant
2. λέπω · lepō — Chantraine
3. λέπω · lepō — Chantraine
4. λέπω · lepō — LSJ
strip off the rind or husks, peel, bark, περὶ γάρ ῥά ἑ χαλκὸς ἔλεψε φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν Il. 1.236; κρόμμυον λ. Eup. 255; κυάμου κολοκάσιον Nic. l.c.:—Pass., κάλαμος λελαμμένος IG l.c.
metaph., in Com. Poets, give a hiding to, i.e. thrash, Pl.Com. 12, Timocl. 29, Apollod.Car. 5.10 (Pass.); Ἀφροδίτην PBerol. 13426 (Gercke-Norden Einleitung 31(9)p.42).
eat, Antiph. 135; Phot. cites λέπτει (sic) = κατεσθίει from Eup. (Fr. 427).
Med., = δέφομαι: hence, indulge in indecent gestures, Alex. 49, Mnesim. 4.18 (anap.).
In the wild
- ἔλεψε · elepse Iliad 1.236
- ἔλεψεν · elepsen New Testament, Mark 8.24 (DIORISIS sentence 341)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λέπω (scan pp. 895-896; entry #3721).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λέπω (scan pp. 647-648; entry #4772).
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