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English
Noun
leptas
- plural of lepta
1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece, volumes 1-2, page 296:Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; he will then purchase five leptas' worth of olives […]
1839, William Knight, Oriental outlines, page 78:There are but two masters, one of whom speaks a little French and the other Italian. These masters are paid eighty drachmas a month from the funds of the adjacent church, and the parents of each scholar, according to their station in life, pay ten, fifteen, or twenty leptas for the same period.
Anagrams
- tepals, Stapel, septal, Staple, peltas, Patels, palest, Pleats, plates, petals, staple, palets, patels, pleats, pastel
Latin
Adjective
leptās
- accusative feminine plural of leptus