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Ancient Greek
- λίπ’ (líp’) — apocope before a word beginning in a vowel
Etymology
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Particularly: “Related to λίπος (lípos, “fat”)? Or a neuter accusative plural related to λείπω (leípō, “leave behind”)?”
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lí.pa/ → /ˈli.pa/ → /ˈli.pa/
Adverb
λίπα • (lípa)
- richly
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 10.577–578:
- τὼ δὲ λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ
δείπνῳ ἐφιζανέτην- tṑ dè loessaménō kaì aleipsaménō líp’ elaíōi
deípnōi ephizanétēn - The two of them, after washing and anointing themselves richly with oil,
sat down for dinner
750 BCE – 650 BCE,
Hesiod,
Works and Days 522:
- εὖ τε λοεσσαμένη τέρενα χρόα καὶ λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ / χρισαμένη
- eû te loessaménē térena khróa kaì líp’ elaíōi / khrisaménē
- having washed her tender skin well and anointed herself richly with oil
Usage notes
Often modifies χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō) and ᾰ̓λείφω (ăleíphō, “anoint”), and often combined with the instrumental dative ἐλαίῳ (elaíōi, “with oil”).
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