λίπα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λίπ’ (líp’) — apocope before a word beginning in a vowel

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.pa/ → /ˈli.pa/ → /ˈli.pa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.pa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/

Adverb

λίπα • (lípa)

1. 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 (aleíphō, “anoint”), and often combined with the instrumental dative ἐλαίῳ (elaíōi, “with oil”).

References

• “λίπα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press