Lexical Definition

‎λεπίς‎ lepís (lep-is') scale ^G:N-F
from (to peel)

scale.

• a flake

Abbott-Smith

λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ (< λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת;]
a scale: Ac 9:18.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λεπίς-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,

(λέπω) epithelial debris, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; layer of the skull, [Refs]; ᾠοῦ λ. egg-shell, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cup of a filbert, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; coat of an onion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 collectively, scales of fish, λεπίςίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of serpents, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of other things, λ. χαλκοῦ flakes that fly from copper in hammering, [λεπίςίς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.63. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 plate of metal, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of gold and silver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__5 λ. πρίονος blade of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__6 λεπίςίδες (i.e. χιόνος) snow-flakes, conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+]