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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. (only nom.-acc. sg.)<br />Meaning: [[bare rock]], [[mountain]] (Simon., A., E., Th.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">λεπαῖος</b> [[rocky]] (E.); <b class="b3">λεπάς</b>, <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[limpet]] (Alc. Z 36, 2 [not certain], Epich., com., Arist.), as the animal clings with his foot to the rock (cf. H. <b class="b3">λεπάδες τὰ πρὸς ταῖς πέτραις κεκολλημένα κογχύλια</b>); acc. to WP. 2, 429 and W.-Hofmann s. [[lepidus]] however of <b class="b3">λέπος</b>, <b class="b3">λεπίς</b> [[shell]], [[scale]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">λέπας</b>: <b class="b3">λεπαστή</b> (<b class="b3">-άστη</b>) f. <b class="b2">limpet-like beaker</b> (com.) with <b class="b3">λεπαστίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (vase-inscr., H.); on the formation Schwyzer 503; Lat. LW [loanword] [[lepista]], <b class="b2">-esta</b>; <b class="b3">λέπαστρον σκεῦός τι ἁλιευτικόν</b> H. (cf. <b class="b3">δέπαστρον</b> a.o.; Chantraine Form. 333 f.); <b class="b3">λεπαδεύομαι</b> 'collect <b class="b3">λ</b>.' (H., Phot.). The similarity between <b class="b3">λέπας</b> and Lat. [[lapis]], <b class="b2">-idis</b> m. (f.) [[stone]] shows a common origin (against this Ernout-Meillet s. v.); the Lat. <b class="b2">a-</b>vowel is explained as ablaut (s. W.-Hofmann s. v. [most improbable]), also as derailment (after [[capis]] <b class="b2">bowl with one handle</b> [idem]; Petersen Lang. 14, 49[?]). WP. 2, 431 considers (doubting) a loan from a mediterranean language; thus Hubschmid 3me Congrès int. de toponymie et d'anthroponymie II 189 (to Iberorom. [[lapa]] [[flat stone]], [[hollow]] etc). Improbable Alessio Onomastica 2, 189; s. Belardi Doxa 3, 212. - The old connection with <b class="b3">λέπω</b> <b class="b2">peel off</b> (<b class="b3">λέπας</b> <b class="b2">bare rock</b>) is still (despite Bq) considered.