The corpus record

λεπρ-άω

leprao

have, catch leprosy, become scaly

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Where it lives

Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k

What it meant

λεπρ-άω · lepr-aō — LSJ

have, catch leprosy, become scaly, rough, is mouldy

have or catch leprosy, LXX Nu. 12.10; become scaly or rough, λ. τὴν κύστιν Hp. Epid. 5.17 (cf. Aph. 4.77); τὴν ῥάκιν λελέπρηκε Herod. 3.50; λεπρᾶν κεράμιον ὀξηρόν the vinegar-jar is mouldy, Ar. Fr. 723.

In the wild

λεπρῶσα · leprōsa Septuaginta, Numeri 12
λεπρῶσα · leprōsa Septuaginta, Numeri 12

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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