ἀλείψασθαι+λίπ'+ἐλαίῳ

λίπᾰ [pron. full] [ῐ], used by Hom. as Adv. usu. in the phrase ἀλείψασθαι λίπ' ἐλαίῳ anoint oneself

A richly with oil, Il.10.577, 14.171, al.; χρῖσαι, χρίσασθαι λίπ' ἐλαίῳ, Od.3.466, 6.96, 10.364, Hes.Op. 522: once without

ἐλαίῳ, λοέσσατο καὶ λίπ' ἄλειψεν Od.6.227

; so later,

τῷ ῥοδίνῳ ἀλείφεσθαι λίπα Hp.Mul.2.150

; ἐλαίῳ χρίων λίπα ib. 147: also without a dat., χρίεσθαι λίπα ib.1.35; λίπα ἀλείψασθαι, ἀλείψεσθαι, Th.1.6, 4.68, cf. Thphr.HP9.8.5, etc.

II in Hp. sts. as Subst., neut. nom. or acc.,

χρῖσμα λίπα ἔστω Mul.2.133

; μηδ' ἄλλο τι πῖον μηδὲ λίπα ἔχον ib. 145; so

λίπα ἀσκεῖν D.C.53.27

. (Cf. λίπος.)

Grammatical information: adv.

Meaning: `fat, gleaming'.

Other forms: in Hom. only elided ( ἀλείψασθαι) λίπ' ἐλαίῳ etc., unelided λίπα in Hp., Th. (cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 309f.),

Derivatives: Here, (as direct derivv., with ρ: ν-variation?): λιπαρός `fat, (of oil or unguent) gleaming, fruitful' (Il.) with λιπαρία `fatness' (Dsc.) and λιπαίνω `make fat, oil, anoint' (IA.) with λίπανσις `anointing' (medic.), λιπαντικός `good for anointing' (sch.), λιπασμός `anointing' (Dsc.), λίπασμα `fat substance' (Hp., hell.). More verbs are: λιπάω `gleaming from unguents' (τ 72, hell.), `anoint' (Nic.), λιπάζω trans. `id.' (Nic.). Innovated σ-stm (Schwyzer 512): λίπος n. `fat' (A., S., Arist.) with λιπώδης `fatty, oily' (Thphr.); also λίπας n. `id.' (Aret.; after κρέας?).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: A formal agreement to λίπ-α from a root-noun (cf. Schwyzer 622) gives Skt. rip- f. "smearing on", `defilement, deceit'. Closely agreeing are λιπαρός and Skt. rip-rá- n. `discord, dirt', further λίπος and Skt. répas- n.' stain, dirt' (would be Gr. *λεῖπος); in the last case however we have independent parallel formations. Doubtful is Alb. laparós `defile' (s. Fraenkel Wb.; s. below). - (Not here ἀλείφω `anoint', with vowel prothesis; see s. v.). The other languages show diff. formations: nasal present Skt. li-m-p-áti `smear' (aor. 3. pl. midd. a-lip-s-ata;), Lith. li-m-p-ù, inf. lìp-ti `stick, be sticky'; yot-present in OCS pri-lьp-lǫ, inf. pri-lьp-ěti `stick'. With very diff. meaning Germ., e.g. OHG bi-līban `stay, remain'. Quite doubtful for its meaning Hitt. lip(p)ānzi (3. pl. pres.), `oppress (?)'. - More forms in Bq, WP. 2, 403f., Pok. 670f., W.-Hofmann s. lippus, Fraenkel Wb. s. lìpti 2. Vgl. λίπτω. So the meanings give no agreement.

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