λίπος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *lípos, from i-Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“fat substance”).
Stem λῐπ- (lip-), λῐπο- (lipo-), λῐπᾰρ- (lipar-, “fat”). Different from λῐπ- (lip-, “wanting”) of the aorist ἔλῐπον (élipon) of the verb λείπω (leípō, “leave; lack”). Different from λῑπᾰρ- (līpar-) from λίπτω (líptō, “desire”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lí.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.pos/
Noun
λίπος • (lípos) n (genitive λίπους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῐ́πος tò lípos |
τὼ λῐ́πει tṑ lípei |
τᾰ̀ λῐ́πη tà lípē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῐ́πους toû lípous |
τοῖν λῐποῖν toîn lipoîn |
τῶν λῐπῶν tôn lipôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῐ́πει tôi lípei |
τοῖν λῐποῖν toîn lipoîn |
τοῖς λῐ́πεσῐ / λῐ́πεσῐν toîs lípesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῐ́πος tò lípos |
τὼ λῐ́πει tṑ lípei |
τᾰ̀ λῐ́πη tà lípē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́πος lípos |
λῐ́πει lípei |
λῐ́πη lípē | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Stem λῐπ- or λῐπᾰρ- (sense: fat).
Related terms
- ᾰ̓κρολῐ́πᾰρος (akrolíparos, “fat on the surface”)
- ἀλῐ́παντος (alípantos, “without grease”)
- ἀλῐπαρής (aliparḗs, “not fit for a suppliant”)
- ἀλῐπής (alipḗs, “without fat meagre”) (for sense: fat)
- ᾰ̓πολῐπαίνω (apolipaínō, “I oil”)
- ᾰ̓ρχολῐ́πᾰρος (arkholíparos, “grasping at office”)
- ἐκλῐπαίνομαι (eklipaínomai, “be enriched, fertilized”)
- ἐκλῐπαίνω (eklipaínō, “make smooth as oil”)
- ἔλλῐπος (éllipos, “greasy”)
- ἐπῐλῐπαίνω (epilipaínō, “make fat or sleek”)
- ἐπῐλῐπής (epilipḗs, “fatty”) (for sense: fat)
- εὐλῐπής (eulipḗs, “very fat”)
- κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω (katalipaínō, “make very fat”)
- κᾰτᾰλῐ́πᾰρος (katalíparos, “very greasy”)
- λῐπο-, λῐπό-, λῐπ-
- λῐ́πᾰ (lípa, “richly with oil”, adverb)
- λῐπαίνω (lipaínō, “oil, anoint; glisten”)
- λῐ́πανσῐς f (lípansis, “anointing”)
- λῐπαντέον (lipantéon, “one must anoint”)
- λῐπαντικός (lipantikós, “of anointing”)
- λῐπᾰράμπυξ (liparámpux, “with bright fillet or headband”)
- λῐπᾰραυγής (liparaugḗs, “bright-beaming”)
- λῐπᾰρῐ́ᾱ (liparíā) (for sense: fat)
- λῐπᾰρόζωνος (liparózōnos, “bright-girdled”)
- λῐπᾰρόθρονος (liparóthronos, “bright-throned”)
- λῐπᾰρόμμᾰτος (liparómmatos, “lustrous-eyed”)
- λῐπᾰροπλόκᾰμος (liparoplókamos, “with glossy locks”)
- λῐπᾰροποιέω (liparopoiéō, “κᾰτᾰλῐπαίνω, make very fat”)
- λῐπᾰρός (liparós, “oily, shiny, brilliamt; fatty, greasy”)
- λῐπᾰρότης f (liparótēs, “fattiness; brilliancy”)
- λῐπᾰρότροφος (liparótrophos, “richly fed”)
- λῐπᾰρόχροος (liparókhroos, “with shining sleek skin”), λῐπᾰρόχρως
- λῐπᾰρώψ (liparṓps, “bright-looking”)
- λῐ́πας n (lípas, “λίπος, fat”)
- λῐ́πασμα n (lípasma, “greasy, fattening substance”)
- λῐπασμός m (lipasmós, “anointing”)
- λῐπάω (lipáō, “to be sleek, radiant; anoint”)
- λῐπέλαιον n (lipélaion, “pinguis olivi, olives rich in oil”)
- λῐπότης f (lipótēs, “fatness”)
- λῐπώδης (lipṓdēs, “fatty, oily”)
- ναρδολῐπής (nardolipḗs, “anointed with nard-oil,”)
- ὀξῠλῐ́πᾰρος (oxulíparos, “vinegar and oil”)
- ὀξῠλῐπὴς (oxulipḕs, “dressed with vinegar and fat”)
- περῐλῐ́πᾰρος (perilíparos, “very moist and shiny”)
- προλῐπαίνω (prolipaínō, “anoint beforehand”)
- προσεπῐλῐπαίνω (prosepilipaínō, “enrich yet more”)
- προσλῐπαίνω (proslipaínō, “enrich further”)
- σῠλλῐπαίνομαι (sullipaínomai, “be melted together”)
- ῠ̔πολῐπαίνω (hupolipaínō, “anoint a little”)
- ῠ̔πολίπᾰρος (hupolíparos, “rather fat”)
Descendants
- Greek: λίπος (lípos)
Further reading
- “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λίπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λίπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- fat idem, page 309.
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λίπος. For sense substance with fat, Semantic loan from French graisse or English fat. See stem λιπ- for sense: “fat”. Different from λιπ- for sense: “wanting” (as in ελλιπής).
Pronunciation
Noun
λίπος • (lípos) n (plural λίπη)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λίπος (lípos) | λίπη (lípi) |
| genitive | λίπους (lípous) | λιπών (lipón) |
| accusative | λίπος (lípos) | λίπη (lípi) |
| vocative | λίπος (lípos) | λίπη (lípi) |
Derived terms
- ακόρεστα λίπη n pl (akóresta lípi, “unsaturated fat”)
- ζωικά λίπη n pl (zoïká lípi, “animal fat”)
- κεκορσεμένα λίπη n pl (kekorseména lípi, “saturated fat”)
- μαγειρικά λίπη n pl (mageiriká lípi, “cooking fat”)
- φυτικά λίπη n pl (fytiká lípi, “vegetable fat”)
Related terms
- λιπώδης ιστός m (lipódis istós, “adipose tissue”)
- ινολίπωμα n (inolípoma, “adipose neoplasm”)
- λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “lubricate”)
- λιπαρό οξύ n (liparó oxý, “fatty acid”)
- λιπαρός (liparós, “oily, fatty”)
- λιπαρότητα f (liparótita, “fattiness, adipocity”)
- λίπασμα n (lípasma, “fertilizer”)
- λιπίδιο n (lipídio, “lipid”)
- λιπώδης (lipódis, “adipose, fatty”)
- λίπωμα n (lípoma, “lipoma”)
- συλλίπασμα n (syllípasma, “flux”)
- and see: λιπαίνω (lipaíno, “to lubricate”)
Further reading
λίπος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
