λεπύχανον
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], τό,
A = λέπυρον, coat of an onion, etc., Theopomp. Com.33, Plu.2.684a, Archig. ap. Gal.12.256, 445; rind, ῥοᾶς Dsc.Eup. 1.74.
German (Pape)
[Seite 32] τό, = λέπυρον, bes. die Häute der Zwiebel, Plut. Symp. 5, 8, 3, wo alte v. l. λεπτύχανον ist; auch bei Diosc. λεπτόχανον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λεπύχᾰνον: [ῡ], τό, λέπυρον, εἷς τῶν χιτώνων τοῦ κρομμύου, Λατ. tunica cepae, Θεόπομπ. Κωμ. ἐν «Ὀδυσσεῖ» 2, Πλούτ. 2. 684Β.
