lepōs

  • 41maintien — Maintien, Gestus, huius gestus, Status, Habitus. Pareil maintien et façon de toutes choses, AEquitas. Bon maintien, ou bon geste, Lepos in gestu. B. Mauvais maintien, Folle contenance, Peruersitas. B …

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  • 42plaisance — I. Plaisance, Amoenitas, Festiuitas, Iucunditas, Lepos. Quelle plaisance? c est pour rire, Quam facete? II. PLAISANCE, ville d Italie, Placentia …

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  • 43lep-2 —     lep 2     English meaning: to peel, flay     Deutsche Übersetzung: “abschälen, abhäuten, abspalten”     Material: Gk. λέπω ‘schale ab”, λέπος n., λοπός m. “bowl, bark, skin” (ὀλόπτω ‘schäle ab”), λεπίς, λοπίς f. “ scale, husk, bowl, bark”,… …

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  • 44leper — [13] Etymologically, a person suffering from leprosy has ‘scaly’ skin. The Greek word for ‘scale’ was lépos or lepís. From them was derived the adjective leprós ‘scaly’, whose feminine form léprā was used as a noun meaning ‘leprosy’. This passed… …

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  • 45leper — n. 1 a person suffering from leprosy. 2 a person shunned on moral grounds. Etymology: ME, prob. attrib. use of leper leprosy f. OF lepre f. L lepra f. Gk, fem. of lepros scaly f. lepos scale …

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  • 46lepiota — noun any fungus of the genus Lepiota • Hypernyms: ↑agaric • Hyponyms: ↑poisonous parasol, ↑Lepiota morgani, ↑Lepiota naucina, ↑Lepiota rhacodes, ↑American parasol, ↑L …

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  • 47lepo- — combining form Etymology: probably from New Latin, from Greek lepos more at lepiota : husk : rind : scale lepocyte lepothrix …

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