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English (LSJ)

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   A scaly, δέρμα, of the crocodile, Hdt.2.68; ἰχθύες Arist.HA505a24, al.; σῶμα Paul.Aeg.6.78.    2 θώρηξ λ. a cuirass covered with scales, Hdt.9.22, cf. D.C.78.37.    II as Subst. λ., ὁ, a fish of the Nile with large scales, Hdt.2.72; = κυπρῖνος, Dorio ap. Ath.7.309b. (Prob. Cyprinus bynni.)    2 a kind of gem, Orph.L. 287.