4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analysis of ἔλεψε:
λέπω (strip off the rind): aor ind act 3rd sg
LSJ entry
λέπω
λέπω
,
fut.
λέψω
(
ἀπο
-)
prob.
in
E. Cyc. 237
;
Ep.
inf.
ἀπο-λεψέμεν
Il. 21.455
:
aor.
ἔλεψα
1.236
,
Nic.
Fr.
82:—
Med.
,
Alex. 49
:—
Pass.
,
fut.
λᾰπήσομαι
(
ἐκ
-)
Hp.
(
Nat.Puer. 29
)
ap.
Erot.
:
aor.
2
λᾰπῆναι
Hsch.
, (
ἐκ
-)
Ar. Fr. 164
:
pf.
λέλεμμαι
(
ἀπο
-)
Epich. 158
,
but
λέλαμμαι
IG
22.463.68:—
A.
strip
off
the
rind
or
husks,
peel,
bark
,
περὶ
γάρ
ῥά
ἑ
χαλκὸς
ἔλεψε
φύλλα
τε
καὶ
φλοιόν
Il. 1.236
;
κρόμμυον
λ.
Eup. 255
;
κυάμου
κολοκάσιον
Nic.l.c.:—
Pass.
,
κάλαμος
λελαμμένος
IG
l.c.
II.
metaph.,
in
Com.
Poets,
give
a
hiding
to
,
i.e.
thrash
,
Pl.Com. 12
,
Timocl. 29
,
Apollod.Car. 5.10
(
Pass.
);
Ἀφροδίτην
PBerol.
13426
(Gercke-Norden
Einleitung
31(9)p.42).
2.
eat
,
Antiph. 135
;
Phot.
cites
λέπτει
(sic)
=
κατεσθίει
from
Eup.
(
Fr.
427).
III.
Med.
,
=
δέφομαι:
hence,
indulge
in
indecent
gestures
,
Alex. 49
,
Mnesim. 4.18
(anap.).