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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, a derivative of ἔλπος (élpos, “olive oil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ól.pɛː/ → /ˈol.pi/ → /ˈol.pi/
Noun
ὄλπη • (ólpē) f (genitive ὄλπης); first declension
- leathern flask for oil
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References
- “ὄλπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὄλπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 415-416