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|elrutext='''λέπω:''' (эп. inf. fut. [[λεψέμεν]])<br /><b class="num">1)</b> снимать оболочку, обдирать (φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν Hom.);<br /><b class="num">2)</b> перен. спускать шкуру, избивать (τῷ ῥοπάλῳ τὰν κεφαλάν Anth.).
|elrutext='''λέπω:''' (эп. inf. fut. [[λεψέμεν]])<br /><b class="num">1)</b> снимать оболочку, обдирать (φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν Hom.);<br /><b class="num">2)</b> перен. спускать шкуру, избивать (τῷ ῥοπάλῳ τὰν κεφαλάν Anth.).
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">peel (off)</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: aor. <b class="b3">λέψαι</b>, fut. <b class="b3">λέψω</b> (Il.), perf. midd. <b class="b3">ἀπο-λέλεμμαι</b> (Epich.), aor. pass. <b class="b3">ἀπελέπη ἀπελεπίσθη</b> H.; also with ablaut <b class="b3">λέλαμμαι</b> (Att. inscr. around 330a), <b class="b3">ἐκ-λαπῆναι</b> (Ar. Fr. 164),<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. <b class="b2">repoto \/leptos\/</b>.<br />Compounds: Sometimes with <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b> (s. above), <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>.<br />Derivatives: Many derivv. A. With <b class="b3">ε-</b>grade (from the present): 1. <b class="b3">λεπτός</b> (cf. <b class="b3">στρεπ-τός</b> a.o. in Ammann <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1,17) [[peeled]] = [[unveiled]] (Υ 497), <b class="b2">thin, meager, weak, fine, delicate</b> (Il., often as 1. member. Poet. lengthened <b class="b3">λεπτ-αλέος</b> [[weak]], [[fine]] (Il.; Chantraine Form. 255), <b class="b3">λεπτ-ακινός</b>'id.' (AP; from <b class="b3">*λέπταξ</b> ?, Bechtel Lex. s. <b class="b3">φυζακινός</b>); further <b class="b3">λεπτίον</b> [[beaker]] (pap.) from <b class="b3">λεπτόν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">κεράμιον</b>) <b class="b2">thin earthenware</b> (pap.), <b class="b3">λεπτάγιον</b> kind of vase? (PHib. 1, 47, 13; IIIa; acc. to the edd. perh. = <b class="b3">λεπτόγειον</b> <b class="b2">barren land</b>), <b class="b3">λεπτάριον</b> name of a medic. instrument (Herm. 38, 282); <b class="b3">λεπτίτιδες κριθαί</b> kind of barley (Gp.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 113); <b class="b3">λεπτότης</b> f. <b class="b2">thinness, leanness etc.</b> (IA.), <b class="b3">λεπτοσύνη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (AP); <b class="b3">λεπτύνω</b>, <b class="b3">-ομαι</b> <b class="b2">make thin etc. resp. become</b> (Hp., X., Arist.) with <b class="b3">λεπτυσμός</b>, <b class="b3">λέπτυνσις</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">-υντικός</b> (Dsc., Gal.). - 2. <b class="b3">λεπρός</b> <b class="b2">scaly, with eruption, uneven, raw</b> (Hp., Hippon., hell.), f. <b class="b3">λεπράς</b> (Theoc., Opp.); <b class="b3">λέπρα</b>, ion. <b class="b3">-ρη</b> [[efflorescence]], [[leprosy]] (Ion., Arist., hell.), both prob. first from an <b class="b3">ρ-</b>stem (cf. Schwyzer 481); with <b class="b3">λεπρώδης</b> <b class="b2">with unevennesses, leprous</b> (Ael., Dsc., medic.), <b class="b3">λεπρικός</b> <b class="b2">regarding efflorescence</b> (Dsc., pap.); denomin. verbs <b class="b3">λεπράω</b> <b class="b2">become scaly, efflorescent</b> (Ion.), also <b class="b3">λεπρ-ιάω</b> (Dsc.; after the verbs of disease in <b class="b3">-ιάω</b>); <b class="b3">λεπρόομαι</b> <b class="b2">become efflorescent</b> (LXX, pap.) with <b class="b3">λέπρωσις</b> = <b class="b3">λέπρα</b> (Tz.), <b class="b3">λεπρύνομαι</b> <b class="b2">besome scaly, uneven</b> (Nic.). - 3. <b class="b3">λέπος</b> n. (Alex., Nic., Luc.) with <b class="b3">λέπιον</b> (Hp.), usu. <b class="b3">λεπίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. (Ion. hell.) <b class="b2">scale, shell, pod, metal plate</b> with dimin. <b class="b3">λεπίδιον</b> (Hero), also as plant-name [[pepperwort]] (Dsc., Gal., Ath.; as remedy against efflorescence), <b class="b3">λεπιδίσκη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Imbros IIa); further <b class="b3">λεπιδ-ωτός</b> [[scaly]] (Hdt., Arist.), with <b class="b3">λεπιδόομαι</b> <b class="b2">become scaly</b> (Hp.); other denomin.: <b class="b3">λεπίζω</b> (: <b class="b3">λέπος</b> or <b class="b3">λεπίς</b>) <b class="b2">remove the scale etc., peel off</b> (hell.) with <b class="b3">λέπισμα</b> [[scale]] (LXX, Dsc., Gal.); <b class="b3">ἐλέπουν οἷον ἐλέπιζον</b>. H. (:<b class="b3">λεπόω</b>, <b class="b3">-έω</b>); note <b class="b3">λέπασμα</b> [[pod]], [[skin]] (sch. Nic. Th. 184); rather lengthened from <b class="b3">λέπος</b> as from <b class="b3">*λεπάζω</b>. - 4. On <b class="b3">λεπάς</b>, <b class="b3">λέπας</b> s. v. - 5. <b class="b3">λέπυρον</b> [[scale]], [[pod]] (LXX, Batr.) with <b class="b3">λεπυρώδης</b> <b class="b2">like scales</b> (Thphr.); <b class="b3">λεπύρ-ιον</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hp., Arist., Theoc.), <b class="b3">-ιώδης</b> <b class="b2">like scales, consisting of ...</b> (Arist., Thphr.), <b class="b3">λεπυρίζομαι</b> <b class="b2">be enveloped by a scale</b> (sch.), <b class="b3">λεπυριῶσαι ἐξαχυριῶσαι</b> H.; besides <b class="b3">λεπυρός</b> <b class="b2">in a scale</b> (Nic.); on the <b class="b3">υ-</b>stem beside <b class="b3">λέπρ-α</b>, <b class="b3">λέπος</b> cf. e. g. <b class="b3">αἶσχος</b>. On itself stands <b class="b3">λεπύχανον</b> <b class="b2">coat (of an onion), fruit-schale</b> (Theopomp. Com., Plu., Dsc.), prob. popular cross with <b class="b3">λάχανον</b>, s. Strömberg Wortstudien 52. - B. With <b class="b3">ο-</b>grade. 6. <b class="b3">λοπός</b> m. [[scale]], [[rind]] (τ 233, Hp.) with <b class="b3">λόπιμος</b> <b class="b2">easy to peel off</b>, (Nic., Gal.), <b class="b3">λόπιμα κάστανα</b> ... H.; Arbenz Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 101; dimin. <b class="b3">λοπάς</b> f. [[dish]], also name of a crustacean and a plant-disease (com., Thphr., Luc.), with <b class="b3">λοπάδ-ιον</b> (com., pap.), <b class="b3">-ίσκος</b> (sch.); <b class="b3">λοπίς</b> <b class="b2">scale, dish etc.</b> (Ar., inscr.) with <b class="b3">λοπίδιον</b> (Delos); denomin. <b class="b3">λοπάω</b> <b class="b2">scale off, let the bark peel off</b> (Thphr.) with <b class="b3">λοπητός</b> m. <b class="b2">time to be peeled off</b> (Thphr.), <b class="b3">λοπίζω</b> <b class="b2">be peeled off</b> (Thphr., pap.). -7. On <b class="b3">ἔλλοψ</b> s. v. - C. With lengthened grade s. <b class="b3">λώπη</b> [[pod]], [[coat]] (Od., Theoc., A. R.), <b class="b3">λῶπος</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Alc. [?], Hippon., Anacr., Herod.); as 1. member in <b class="b3">λωπο-δύ-της</b> m. "who travels in (foreign) clothes", <b class="b2">thief of clothes</b> with <b class="b3">λωποδυτ-έω</b> etc. (Att.); suffixless form <b class="b3">λώψ χλαμύς</b> H.; cf. Schwyzer 515, Chantraine Form. 424. Dimin. <b class="b3">λώπιον</b> (Arist., inscr.); denomin. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-λωπίζω</b> <b class="b2">undress, put off</b> (S., Hyp.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The primary thematic present <b class="b3">λέπω</b>, from which all verbal forms were derived (<b class="b3">λέλαμμαι</b>, <b class="b3">-λαπῆναι</b> innovations after <b class="b3">ἔστραμμαι</b>, <b class="b3">στραφῆναι</b> etc.), has no direct agreements outside Greek. There are a few nominal formations, which resemble the Greek forms: Lith. <b class="b2">lãpas</b> [[leaf]], Alb. <b class="b2">lapë</b> [[rag]], [[leaf]], [[peritoneum]] (: <b class="b3">λοπός</b>), Lith. <b class="b2">lõpas</b> [[rag]], [[piece]] (: <b class="b3">λῶπος</b>; also OE [[lōf]] m. <b class="b2">band of the forehead</b>??, Holthausen IF 32, 340), with Russ. <b class="b2">lápotь</b> <b class="b2">shoe of bark</b> (<b class="b2">lapotók</b> [[rag]], [[piece]]); quite doubtful OE [[leber]], [[læfer]] f. <b class="b2">rush, cane, metal plate</b> (: <b class="b3">λέπρα</b>?; Holthausen IF 48, 255). With <b class="b3">λέπος</b> one compared also Lat. <b class="b2">s-</b>stem [[lepōs]] <b class="b2">fine-ness, delicacy</b>, and the Slav. extension in Russ. <b class="b2">lépest</b> <b class="b2">rag, piece, leaf of a flower</b>. Given the productivity of these formations and the varying meanings we may have parallel creations. - Further, partly very doubtful and debated forms in WP. 2, 429f., Pok. 678, W.-Hofmann s. [[lepidus]], Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. <b class="b2">lãpas</b>, <b class="b2">lõpas</b>, also <b class="b2">lèpti</b> <b class="b2">be coddled</b>, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. <b class="b2">lépest</b>, <b class="b2">lápotь</b>, <b class="b2">lópotõk</b>; with rich lit. - We can safely conclude that the verb is not IE: there is hardly a formal agreement, nor does the meaning agree well. So the verb will be Pre-Greek. Note the forms <b class="b3">λεπάγιον</b>, <b class="b3">λεπακινός</b>, <b class="b3">λέπασμα</b>, <b class="b3">λέπυρον</b>, <b class="b3">λεπύχανον</b>, <b class="b3">λέπρα</b>, <b class="b3">λώψ</b>, <b class="b3">λῶπος</b> etc. The verb may be compared with <b class="b3">ὀλόπτω</b> and [[ὀλούφω]], which would also point to a non-IE word.
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English (LSJ)

fut. λέψω (ἀπο-) prob. in E.Cyc.237; Ep. inf.

   A ἀπο-λεψέμεν Il.21.455: aor. ἔλεψα 1.236, Nic.Fr.82:—Med., Alex.49:—Pass., fut. λᾰπήσομαι (ἐκ-) Hp. (Nat.Puer.29) ap.Erot.: aor. 2 λᾰπῆναι Hsch., (ἐκ-) Ar.Fr.164: pf. λέλεμμαι (ἀπο-) Epich.158, but λέλαμμαι IG22.463.68:—strip off the rind or husks, peel, bark, περὶ γάρ ῥά ἑ χαλκὸς ἔλεψε φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν Il.1.236; κρόμμυον λ. Eup.255; κυάμου κολοκάσιον Nic.l.c.:—Pass., κάλαμος λελαμμένος IGl.c.    II metaph., in Com. Poets, give a hiding to, i.e. thrash, Pl.Com.12, Timocl.29, Apollod.Car.5.10 (Pass.); Ἀφροδίτην PBerol. 13426 (Gercke-Norden Einleitung31(9)p.42).    2 eat, Antiph.135; Phot. cites λέπτει (sic) = κατεσθίει from Eup. (Fr.427).    III Med., = δέφομαι: hence, indulge in indecent gestures, Alex.49, Mnesim.4.18 (anap.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 32] schälen, abschälen, die Schale, Rinde abstreifen; περὶ γάρ ῥά ἑ χαλκὸς ἔλεψεν φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν Il. 1, 236; κυάμους Nic. bei Ath. III, 72 b. – Auch = essen, Antiphan. bei Ath. IV, 161 a. Vgl. λέπτω. – Uebertr. nach B. A. 61, 5 ἐκδέρειν μαστιγοῦντα, abgerben, abprügeln, wie der Schol. Ar. Ach. 689 τύπτειν erkl.; τῷ ῥοπάλῳ τὰν κεφαλὰν λέπομες Nicarch. 8 (IX, 330); λεπομένους ὁρᾶν αὐτούς ὑφ' αὑτῶν Apollodor. bei Ath. VII, 280 e, wie wir auch sagen: Einem das Fell über die Ohren ziehen.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λέπω: μέλλ. λέψω (ἀπο-) Εὐρ., κλ.: ἀόρ. ἔλεψα Ἰλ. (ἴδε ἀπο-, ἐκ-)· ― Μέσ., Ἄλεξ. ἐν «Δημητρίῳ» 5. ― Παθ.: μέλλ. λᾰπήσομαι (ἐκ-) Ἐρωτιαν.: ἀόριστ. β΄ λᾰπῆναι (ἐκ-) Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 211· λέλεμμαι (ἀπο-) Ἐπίχ. 109 Ahr. (Ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης παράγονται αἱ λέξ. λέπος, λεπίς, λέπῡρον, λεπτός, λόπος, λοπίς, λοβός, λῶπος, ὡσαύτως ὀλόπτω παρ’ Ἡσυχ.). Ἀφαιρῶ τὸν φλοιὸν ἢ τὸ κέλυφος, «ξεφλουδίζω», περὶ γὰρ ῥά ἑ χαλκὸς ἔλεψεν φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιὸν Ἰλ. Α. 236· κρόμμυον λ. Εὔπολις ἐν «Ταξιάρχοις» 3· κυάμους Νικ. Ἀποσπ. 10. 6· πρβλ. ἐκλέπω. ΙΙ. μεταφορ., παρὰ κωμικοῖς ποιηταῖς, ἐκδέρω, δηλ. δέρω, ξυλοκοπῶ, Πλάτ. Κωμ. «Αἱ ἀφ’ ἱερ.» 5, πρβλ. Meineke εἰς Τιμοκλ. ἐν «Πύκτῃ» 1, Ἀπολλόδωρ. Καρύστ. ἐν «Γραμματειδιοποιῷ» 1. 10· πρβλ. δέρω ΙΙ. 2) τρώγω, Ἀντιφάν. ἐν «Κωρύκῳ» 3· ὁ Φώτ. ὡσαύτως μνημονεύει λέπτει = κατεσθίει ἐκ τοῦ Εὐπόλ. ΙΙΙ. Παθ., = δέφομαι· ἐντεῦθεν, κάμνω ἀπρεπῆ σχήματα, Ἄλεξ. ἐν «Δημητρίῳ» 5, Meineke εἰς Μνησίμ. ἐν «Ἱπποτρόφῳ» 1. 18.

French (Bailly abrégé)

f. λέψω, ao. ἔλεψα, pf. inus.
1 peler, écosser, acc.;
2 fig. écorcher.
Étymologie: R. Λεπ, peler.

English (Autenrieth)

aor. ἔλεψεν: peel, strip off; φύλλα, Il. 1.236†.

Greek Monolingual

λέπω (Α)
1. αφαιρώ τον φλοιό ή το κέλυφος, ξελεπίζω, ξεφλουδίζω («κυάμου κολοκάσιον λέπειν», Νίκ.)
2. μαστιγώνω, δέρνω κάποιον ώς το σημείο να υποστεί εκδορές, ξεφλουδίσματα
3. τρώγω, κατατρώγω
4. παθ. λέπομαι
α) ξεφλουδίζομαι («κάλαμος λελαμμένος»
β) αυνανίζομαι
γ) κάνω άσεμνες πράξεις ή χειρονομίες, ασελγαίνω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λεξιλογική οικογένεια του λέπω ανάγεται στην ΙΕ ρίζα lep- «αποφλοιώνω, γδέρνω, αποχωρίζω»
Ο ενεστ. τ. λέπω δεν έχει ακριβή αντίστοιχα σε άλλες ΙΕ γλώσσες, σε αντίθεση με ορισμένα παράγωγά του όπως: λέπος (το) «φλοιός» (πρβλ. λατ. lepos,-oris «λεπτότητα, φτώχεια»), λοπός «φλοιός, δέρμα» (πρβλ. λιθουαν. lăpas «φύλλο», αλβ. lape «κουρέλι, χαρτί»), λῶπος «μικρή χλαίνη» (πρβλ. λιθουαν. lŏpas «κουρέλι»). Ο παθ. αόριστος β' λαπῆναι και ο παρακμ. λέλαμμαι, οι οποίοι εμφανίζουν τη συνεσταλμένη βαθμίδα lap-, είναι νεώτεροι σχηματισμοί, πιθ. αναλογικά προς τύπους όπως στραφῆναι, ἔστραμμαι (στρέφω).
ΠΑΡ. λέπος, λεπτός, λέπυρο(ν), λεπρός
αρχ.
λοπός, λώπη, λώπος.
ΣΥΝΘ. (Β' συνθετικό) αρχ. απολέπω, εκλέπω, επιλέπω, κατηλέπω, περιλέπω, συνεκλέπω].

Greek Monotonic

λέπω: μέλ. λέψω, αόρ. ἔλεψα — Παθ., απαρ. αορ. βʹ λᾰπῆναι, παρακ. λέλεμμαι·
I. αφαιρώ τον φλοιό ή το κέλυφος, απολεπίζω, ξεφλουδίζω, περὶ γὰρ ῥά ἑ χαλκὸς ἔλεψεν φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
II. μεταφ., στους Κωμ., βγάζω το δέρμα, δηλ. δέρνω, γδέρνω, ξυλοφορτώνω, ξυλοκοπώ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

λέπω: (эп. inf. fut. λεψέμεν)
1) снимать оболочку, обдирать (φύλλα τε καὶ φλοιόν Hom.);
2) перен. спускать шкуру, избивать (τῷ ῥοπάλῳ τὰν κεφαλάν Anth.).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: peel (off) (Il.)
Other forms: aor. λέψαι, fut. λέψω (Il.), perf. midd. ἀπο-λέλεμμαι (Epich.), aor. pass. ἀπελέπη ἀπελεπίσθη H.; also with ablaut λέλαμμαι (Att. inscr. around 330a), ἐκ-λαπῆναι (Ar. Fr. 164),
Dialectal forms: Myc. repoto \/leptos\/.
Compounds: Sometimes with ἀπο-, ἐκ- (s. above), περι-, ἐπι-.
Derivatives: Many derivv. A. With ε-grade (from the present): 1. λεπτός (cf. στρεπ-τός a.o. in Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1,17) peeled = unveiled (Υ 497), thin, meager, weak, fine, delicate (Il., often as 1. member. Poet. lengthened λεπτ-αλέος weak, fine (Il.; Chantraine Form. 255), λεπτ-ακινός'id.' (AP; from *λέπταξ ?, Bechtel Lex. s. φυζακινός); further λεπτίον beaker (pap.) from λεπτόν (sc. κεράμιον) thin earthenware (pap.), λεπτάγιον kind of vase? (PHib. 1, 47, 13; IIIa; acc. to the edd. perh. = λεπτόγειον barren land), λεπτάριον name of a medic. instrument (Herm. 38, 282); λεπτίτιδες κριθαί kind of barley (Gp.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 113); λεπτότης f. thinness, leanness etc. (IA.), λεπτοσύνη id. (AP); λεπτύνω, -ομαι make thin etc. resp. become (Hp., X., Arist.) with λεπτυσμός, λέπτυνσις (Hp.), -υντικός (Dsc., Gal.). - 2. λεπρός scaly, with eruption, uneven, raw (Hp., Hippon., hell.), f. λεπράς (Theoc., Opp.); λέπρα, ion. -ρη efflorescence, leprosy (Ion., Arist., hell.), both prob. first from an ρ-stem (cf. Schwyzer 481); with λεπρώδης with unevennesses, leprous (Ael., Dsc., medic.), λεπρικός regarding efflorescence (Dsc., pap.); denomin. verbs λεπράω become scaly, efflorescent (Ion.), also λεπρ-ιάω (Dsc.; after the verbs of disease in -ιάω); λεπρόομαι become efflorescent (LXX, pap.) with λέπρωσις = λέπρα (Tz.), λεπρύνομαι besome scaly, uneven (Nic.). - 3. λέπος n. (Alex., Nic., Luc.) with λέπιον (Hp.), usu. λεπίς, -ίδος f. (Ion. hell.) scale, shell, pod, metal plate with dimin. λεπίδιον (Hero), also as plant-name pepperwort (Dsc., Gal., Ath.; as remedy against efflorescence), λεπιδίσκη id. (Imbros IIa); further λεπιδ-ωτός scaly (Hdt., Arist.), with λεπιδόομαι become scaly (Hp.); other denomin.: λεπίζω (: λέπος or λεπίς) remove the scale etc., peel off (hell.) with λέπισμα scale (LXX, Dsc., Gal.); ἐλέπουν οἷον ἐλέπιζον. H. (:λεπόω, -έω); note λέπασμα pod, skin (sch. Nic. Th. 184); rather lengthened from λέπος as from *λεπάζω. - 4. On λεπάς, λέπας s. v. - 5. λέπυρον scale, pod (LXX, Batr.) with λεπυρώδης like scales (Thphr.); λεπύρ-ιον id. (Hp., Arist., Theoc.), -ιώδης like scales, consisting of ... (Arist., Thphr.), λεπυρίζομαι be enveloped by a scale (sch.), λεπυριῶσαι ἐξαχυριῶσαι H.; besides λεπυρός in a scale (Nic.); on the υ-stem beside λέπρ-α, λέπος cf. e. g. αἶσχος. On itself stands λεπύχανον coat (of an onion), fruit-schale (Theopomp. Com., Plu., Dsc.), prob. popular cross with λάχανον, s. Strömberg Wortstudien 52. - B. With ο-grade. 6. λοπός m. scale, rind (τ 233, Hp.) with λόπιμος easy to peel off, (Nic., Gal.), λόπιμα κάστανα ... H.; Arbenz Adj. auf -ιμος 101; dimin. λοπάς f. dish, also name of a crustacean and a plant-disease (com., Thphr., Luc.), with λοπάδ-ιον (com., pap.), -ίσκος (sch.); λοπίς scale, dish etc. (Ar., inscr.) with λοπίδιον (Delos); denomin. λοπάω scale off, let the bark peel off (Thphr.) with λοπητός m. time to be peeled off (Thphr.), λοπίζω be peeled off (Thphr., pap.). -7. On ἔλλοψ s. v. - C. With lengthened grade s. λώπη pod, coat (Od., Theoc., A. R.), λῶπος m. id. (Alc. [?], Hippon., Anacr., Herod.); as 1. member in λωπο-δύ-της m. "who travels in (foreign) clothes", thief of clothes with λωποδυτ-έω etc. (Att.); suffixless form λώψ χλαμύς H.; cf. Schwyzer 515, Chantraine Form. 424. Dimin. λώπιον (Arist., inscr.); denomin. ἀπο-, περι-λωπίζω undress, put off (S., Hyp.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: The primary thematic present λέπω, from which all verbal forms were derived (λέλαμμαι, -λαπῆναι innovations after ἔστραμμαι, στραφῆναι etc.), has no direct agreements outside Greek. There are a few nominal formations, which resemble the Greek forms: Lith. lãpas leaf, Alb. lapë rag, leaf, peritoneum (: λοπός), Lith. lõpas rag, piece (: λῶπος; also OE lōf m. band of the forehead??, Holthausen IF 32, 340), with Russ. lápotь shoe of bark (lapotók rag, piece); quite doubtful OE leber, læfer f. rush, cane, metal plate (: λέπρα?; Holthausen IF 48, 255). With λέπος one compared also Lat. s-stem lepōs fine-ness, delicacy, and the Slav. extension in Russ. lépest rag, piece, leaf of a flower. Given the productivity of these formations and the varying meanings we may have parallel creations. - Further, partly very doubtful and debated forms in WP. 2, 429f., Pok. 678, W.-Hofmann s. lepidus, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. lãpas, lõpas, also lèpti be coddled, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. lépest, lápotь, lópotõk; with rich lit. - We can safely conclude that the verb is not IE: there is hardly a formal agreement, nor does the meaning agree well. So the verb will be Pre-Greek. Note the forms λεπάγιον, λεπακινός, λέπασμα, λέπυρον, λεπύχανον, λέπρα, λώψ, λῶπος etc. The verb may be compared with ὀλόπτω and ὀλούφω, which would also point to a non-IE word.