λέπυρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέπος (lépos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.pyː.ron/ → /ˈle.py.ron/ → /ˈle.pi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.pyː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.py.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.py.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.py.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pi.ron/

Noun

λέπῡρον • (lépūron) n (genitive λεπῡ́ρου); second declension

1. (botany) rind, shell, husk, chaff

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λέπῡρον; τοῦ λεπῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέπῡρον tò lépūron	τὼ λεπῡ́ρω tṑ lepū́rō	τᾰ̀ λέπῡρᾰ tằ lépūră
Genitive	τοῦ λεπῡ́ρου toû lepū́rou	τοῖν λεπῡ́ροιν toîn lepū́roin	τῶν λεπῡ́ρων tôn lepū́rōn
Dative	τῷ λεπῡ́ρῳ tôi lepū́rōi	τοῖν λεπῡ́ροιν toîn lepū́roin	τοῖς λεπῡ́ροις toîs lepū́rois
Accusative	τὸ λέπῡρον tò lépūron	τὼ λεπῡ́ρω tṑ lepū́rō	τᾰ̀ λέπῡρᾰ tằ lépūră
Vocative	λέπῡρον lépūron	λεπῡ́ρω lepū́rō	λέπῡρᾰ lépūră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λέπυρο (lépyro)

Further reading

• “λέπυρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέπυρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette