A.epithelial debris, Hp.Aph.4.81; layer of the skull, PMed. in Arch.Pap.4.270; ᾠοῦ λ. egg-shell, Sch.Ar.Pax 198; cup of a filbert, AP6.22 (Zonas), 102 (Phil.); coat of an onion, Sch.Luc.Hist.Conscr. 26.
2. collectively, scales of fish, “λεπίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος” Hdt.7.61; “ὃ ἐν ὄρνιθι πτερόν, τοῦτο ἐν ἰχθύϊ ἐστὶ λ.” Arist.HA486b21; opp. φολίς, ib.490b23, 517b5; also of serpents, v.l. in Nic.Th.154, cf. Emp.82.
3. of other things, λ. χαλκοῦ flakes that fly from copper in hammering, Dsc.5.78, 79: abs., “λεπίς” Hp.Mul.1.63.
4. plate of metal, Ph.Bel.69.50, Hero Aut.12.2, D.S.20.91, Plu.Phoc.18; collectively, “λ. σιδηρᾶ” BGU544.8 (ii A.D.); of gold and silver, Plb.10.27.10; “λ. ἀργυρᾶ” PMag.Par.1.258.