ἡλῖτις
From LSJ
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ, (ἧλος)
A of or like nails, ἡ. λεπίς iron that scales off from nails, Dsc.5.78, Aët.2.58.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1163] ιδος, ἡ, von Nägeln, zu Nägeln gehörig, λεπίς, ἡ, eine Nägelplatte, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἡλῖτις: -ιδος, ἡ, (ἧλος) ἐξ ἥλου ἢ ὅμοιος πρὸς ἧλον, ἡλ. λεπίς, σίδηρος ἀποτριβόμενος ἐξ ἥλων, Διοσκ. 5. 89.
