Ancient Greek

Noun

λέμμᾰ • ‎(lémma) n ‎(genitive λέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is peeled off, rind, husk
   1. (in the phrase ἰχθύων λέμματα) (fish)scales
   2. (figuratively, used of one who has been swindled) a mere husk

Declension

Descendants

• English: lemma

References

• λέμμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέμμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «λέμμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coating idem, page 141.
  • husk idem, page 412.
  • paring idem, page 592.
  • peel idem, page 602.
  • rind idem, page 716.
  • shell idem, page 764.