λεπρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the stem of λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.prós/ → /leˈpros/ → /leˈpros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.prós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /leˈpros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈpros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈpros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈpros/

Adjective

λεπρός • (leprós) m (feminine λεπρᾱ́, neuter λεπρόν); first/second declension

1. scaly, scabby, rough
2. leprous, mangy

Inflection

First and second declension of λεπρός; λεπρᾱ́; λεπρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λεπρός leprós	λεπρᾱ́ leprā́	λεπρόν leprón		λεπρώ leprṓ	λεπρᾱ́ leprā́	λεπρώ leprṓ		λεπροί leproí	λεπραί lepraí	λεπρᾰ́ leprá
Genitive		λεπροῦ leproû	λεπρᾶς leprâs	λεπροῦ leproû		λεπροῖν leproîn	λεπραῖν lepraîn	λεπροῖν leproîn		λεπρῶν leprôn	λεπρῶν leprôn	λεπρῶν leprôn
Dative		λεπρῷ leprôi	λεπρᾷ leprâi	λεπρῷ leprôi		λεπροῖν leproîn	λεπραῖν lepraîn	λεπροῖν leproîn		λεπροῖς leproîs	λεπραῖς lepraîs	λεπροῖς leproîs
Accusative		λεπρόν leprón	λεπρᾱ́ν leprā́n	λεπρόν leprón		λεπρώ leprṓ	λεπρᾱ́ leprā́	λεπρώ leprṓ		λεπρούς leproús	λεπρᾱ́ς leprā́s	λεπρᾰ́ leprá
Vocative		λεπρέ lepré	λεπρᾱ́ leprā́	λεπρόν leprón		λεπρώ leprṓ	λεπρᾱ́ leprā́	λεπρώ leprṓ		λεπροί leproí	λεπραί lepraí	λεπρᾰ́ leprá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λεπρῶς leprôs				λεπρότερος lepróteros				λεπρότᾰτος leprótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λεπρός (leprós)

Further reading

• “λεπρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λεπρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λεπρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3015 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós).

Adjective

λεπρός • (leprós) m (feminine λεπρή, neuter λεπρό)

1. leprous
2. leper (when used as a noun)

Further reading

• λεπρός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language