λεπίς

lepis

epithelial debris

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
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Book I 3
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

486b21
486b21

Chapter 6 490b7–491a26

490b23
Book III 2
Chapter 10 517b3–20

517b5

Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518b28
Book VI 1
Chapter 13 567a17–568a10

567b21
Book VII 1
Chapter 2 582a34–583a13

582b33
Book VIII 1
Chapter 30 607b1–608a7

607b31
Parts of Animals 5
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Book I 2
Chapter 4 644a12–644b21

644a22

Chapter 5 644b22–646a4

645b5
Book III 1
Chapter 7 669b13–670b31

670b4
Book IV 2
Chapter 11 690b11–692b2

691a16

Chapter 13 695a28–697b13

697a4
Generation of Animals 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 3 781b30–784a22

782a18
783b5
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 418a26–419b3

419a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

λεπίς, ίδος, ἡ, (λέπω) A. epithelial debris, Hp. Aph. 4.81; layer of the skull, PMed. in Arch.Pap. 4.270; ᾠοῦ λ. egg-shell, Sch.Ar. Pax 198; cup of a filbert, AP 6.22 (Zonas), 102 (Phil.); coat of an onion, Sch.Luc. Hist.Conscr. 26. 2. collectively, scales of fish, λεπίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος Hdt. 7.61; ὃ ἐν ὄρνιθι πτερόν, τοῦτο ἐν ἰχθύϊ ἐστὶ λ. Arist. HA 486b21; opp. φολίς, ib.490b23, 517b5; also of serpents, v.l. in Nic. Th. 154, cf. Emp. 82. 3. of other things, λ. χαλκοῦ flakes that fly from copper in hammering, Dsc. 5.78, 79: abs., λεπίς Hp. Mul. 1.63. 4. plate of metal, Ph. Bel. 69.50, Hero Aut. 12.2, D.S. 20.91, Plu. Phoc. 18; collectively, λ. σιδηρᾶ BGU 544.8 (ii A.D.); of gold and silver, Plb. 10.27.10; λ. ἀργυρᾶ PMag.Par. 1.258. 5. λ. πρίονος blade of a saw, Heliod. ap. Orib. 47.14.5. 6. λεπίδες (sc. χιόνος) snow-flakes, cj. in Thphr. HP 4.14.13, CP 5.12.11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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