λέπω
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
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.).
