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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓λείφω (aleíphō, “anoint”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.loi̯.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /a.lyˈɸi/ → /a.liˈfi/
Noun
ᾰ̓λοιφή • (aloiphḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓λοιφῆς); first declension
- grease
- unguent, ointment, salve
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ἀλοιφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλοιφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀλοιφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλοιφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλοιφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλοιφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.