λέμμα
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (λέπω)
A that which is peeled off, rind, husk, Hp.Mul. 2.117, Ar.Av.674, Alex.266.3; τῆς . . σαρκοειδοῦς φύσεως λ. Pl.Ti. 76a. 2 ἰχθύων λέμματα scales, Poll.6.51. 3 metaph., a mere husk, of one who has been swindled, Anaxil.33.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 28] τό, das Abgeschälte, die Rinde, Schale; σικύης, Hippocr.; θέρμων, Alexis bei Ath. II, 55 c; vom Ei, Ar. Av. 673, wie Ael. H. A. 4, 12; Plat. sagt τῆς σαρκοειδοῦς φύσεως λέμμα τὸ νῦν λεγόμενον δέρμα, Tim. 76 a; ἰχθύων, Schuppen, Poll. 6, 51.
