λεπίζω

English (LSJ)

(λέπος)

   A peel off the husk, skin or bark, mostly in Pass., Antiph. 217.10 (codd. Ath.), Thphr.HP9.2.7, Arist.Mir.830a15 (s.v.l.), Ph.Bel.88.45, Dsc.1.36; of the tongue, Aët.8.40:—Act. in LXX Ge. 30.37, al.    II (λεπίς) strip an object of its covering of metal plates, Plb.22.4.7, 10.27.11 (Pass.).