lepra
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lē̆pra: ae, f., = λέπρα>,
I the leprosy.
I Sing. (late Lat.): plaga leprae, Vulg. Lev. 13, 9 al.; Scrib. Comp. 250; Juvenc. 1.—
II Plur.: leprae, ārum (class.): lepras sedare, Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48: curare, id. 20, 21, 86, § 234: emendare, id. 22, 25, 74, § 156: sanare, id. 32, 9, 31, § 97: tollere, id. 20, 17, 70, § 181.
