- λεπίς
- λεπίς, ίδος, ἡ (λέπω ‘to peel’; a thin layer that covers someth., such as ‘scales’ of fish, Hdt. et al.; Michel 833, 11 [279 B.C.]; BGU 544, 8; PGM 4, 258 al.; LXX; TestJob 43:8; Philo; Jos., Ant. 3, 149) ‘scale’.① flattened plate covering the skin of marine creatures, scales, a collective B 10:1 (cp. Lev 11:9ff; Dt 14:9f; TestJob 43:8 λεπίδας τοῦ δράκοντος).② a thin flaky piece, scale in a simile ἀπέπεσαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡς λεπίδες someth. like scales fell fr. his eyes, i.e. he suddenly regained his sight Ac 9:18. For the expr. cp. Galen: CMG V 4, 1, 1 p. 77, 3 οἷον λεπὶς ἀπέπιπτε=‘someth. like a scale fell off ’ (other exx. in Hobart 39). On the figure cp. Tob 11:12.—DELG s.v. λέπω A 1. M-M. TW. Spicq.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.