- λεπρός
- λεπρός, ά, όν (s. λεπίς and λέπρα; Aristoph., Fgm. 723 K.; Theophr.; Herodas 6, 36 et al.; in description of a wanted felon PMich IV/1, 223; 1189; 224, 2024; 225, 1751 [all III A.D. and in ref. to the same pers.]; LXX; Mel., P. 72, 526; Theoph. Ant. 3, 21 [p. 244, 24]; ‘scaly’) pert. to having a serious skin disorder, with a bad skin disease (so Theophr., CP 2, 6, 4 of pers. becoming ‘scaly’, w. similar condition in plants; LXX) λεπροὶ ἄνδρες Lk 17:12.—Subst. ὁ λ. a person with a bad skin disease (Philo, Leg. All. 3, 7; Jos., Ant. 3, 264, C. Ap. 1, 278) Mt 8:2; 10:8; 11:5; Mk 1:40 (CMasson, La péricope du lépreux [Mk 1:40–45]: RTP n.s. 23, ’39, 287–95); Lk 4:27; 7:22 (on Mt 11:5 and Lk 7:22 s. κωφός 2); PEg2 32=ASyn. 42, 30. As surname of Simon of Bethany (cp. Sb 7638, 4f [257 B.C.] τὴν Νικάνορος τοῦ ποδαγρικοῦ οἰκίαν) Mt 26:6 (λεπρωσοῦ; D after Lat.: leprosi) Mk 14:3.—DELG s.v. λέπω. TW.
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